Last year, fireworks off a boat was a likely cause of a massive nest abandonment at the California least tern reserve near ...

Some birds sport unique-looking crowns, crests, or mohawks. Continue reading to learn more about these birds.  9. Golden Pheasant  Also known as the Chinese pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), ...

More often heard than seen, a great crested flycatcher is a master insect-catcher of the high canopy. Here's how to spot this ...

Twenty years ago, I wrote an article about my cousin Brenda’s country garden in Bognar Regis in Sussex, England. Like many ...

As the sun rose on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ancient monument in southern England has clocked the summer solstice ...

The Cheyenne Big Day is all about counting as many species of birds as we can in one calendar day. The Cheyenne High Plains ...

With its big white body, long orange beak and fancy feathers, this bird stands out without even trying. It doesn’t need a stylist as nature gave it the perfect look.

A Crested Auklet colony during the summer is a feast for the senses. It’s loud, with hundreds or thousands of birds clattering and squawking. Each bird is a visual spectacle: Decked out in dusky gray, ...

A double-crested cormorant showing its breeding crests, orange throat, and aquamarine eyes. Photo Rick Lewis. It took many years of birding before I saw a double-crested cormorant with crests. For ...

A version of this article appears in print on March 18, 2025, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Orange Alert: Found in a Snowy Owl Haven, A Bird of a Different Feather.

The feeding on berries by the flocks of cedar waxwings is one of the most notable. They are beautiful, crested birds that travel in large flocks to sweep in to feed on berries such as ligustrum ...

S. reginae. Bird of paradise. Zones CS (protected), TS; USDA 9-11. This favorite is grown for its spectacular flowers, which bear a startling resemblance to the heads of crested tropical birds. Blooms ...