Bird migration is one of nature’s most awe-inspiring phenomena. Across eight major global flyways, birds navigate diverse terrains, face unique challenges, and cover vast distances. Many of the birds we see during nesting season spend the majority of their time migrating or overwintering in distant places. But we can help them locally when they are […]
Lots of updates and some new chicks! Atlantic Puffin – Seal Island, Maine – Check out this adorable Puffling! Northern Royal Albatross – New Zealand – the chick who hatched on January 30 is hanging out waiting for mom or dad to come back from days of fishing for a meal. West End Bald Eagles – Catalina, CA […]
Vultures may not be the cutest or the most beautiful of birds, but they are incredibly efficient disposers of carcasses and maintainers of a healthy environment and a keystone species. A flock of 100 vultures can completely clean up a 100-pound carcass in 3 minutes. Quick clean-up means there is less chance of disease spreading […]
California Condor chick #1111 could be called an over-achiever. The offspring of the same birds who had the 1000th Condor chick, this 4.5-month-old young bird took flight about 6 weeks before most of his cousins will. His parents in Zion National Park have been together 4 years, and #1111 is their 4th chick. They will care […]