Western Screech-Owl: Identification, Sounds, and Facts
The Western Screech-Owl is a small, gray, ear-tufted owl of western North America known for its bouncing-ball call. Here is how to identify it and tell it from the Eastern Screech-Owl.
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Eastern Screech-Owl: Identification, Sounds, and Facts
The Eastern Screech-Owl is a small, camouflaged owl of eastern woods and suburbs that comes in red and gray forms. Here is how to identify it, its trilling call, and how to attract one.
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Barred Owl: Identification, Call, and Facts
The Barred Owl is a large, dark-eyed owl of eastern forests famous for its ‘Who cooks for you?’ call. Here is how to identify it, what it eats, and its controversial spread west.
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Great Horned Owl: Identification, Sounds, and Facts
The Great Horned Owl is North America’s most powerful and widespread owl, known for its ear tufts, deep hoots, and fierce hunting. Here is how to identify it, what it eats, and how it lives.
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Bird Nest Identification Guide
Identify a bird nest by its location, size, materials, and shape. This guide covers common backyard nests by species, plus the law that protects active nests.
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Bird Poop Identification Guide
Bird droppings are part white uric acid and part dark feces. Learn to identify bird poop by color and size, whether it is dangerous, how to clean it, and the folklore around it.
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Bird Feather Identification Guide
Identify a found feather by its type, size, color, and pattern. This guide covers common backyard feathers, plus the important law that makes keeping many feathers illegal.
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Birds That Look Like Hummingbirds (It’s Usually a Moth)
That tiny hovering hummingbird at your flowers is often not a bird at all, but a hummingbird moth. Here are the moths, insects, and birds most often mistaken for hummingbirds.
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Grackle vs Starling: How to Tell Them Apart
Grackles are larger with long keel-shaped tails and pale eyes; starlings are smaller, short-tailed, and speckled. Here is how to tell grackles, starlings, and cowbirds apart at a glance.
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Dead Bird Symbolism: What Finding One Means
Finding a dead bird is widely read as a symbol of endings and transformation, not simple bad luck. Here is what a dead bird means by location and type, plus what to do if you find one.
