In preparing a talk about bird song for the March meeting of Cheyenne Audubon, I focused on about 30 birds that I think have distinct songs, or in some cases, when they aren’t too melodic, bird sounds ...

“In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love,” the saying goes. The same may be said of birds. That’s because spring is when most birds turn to family obligations—they mate, ...

The grass is getting greener, flowers are blooming, and we're waking up to the sounds of birds.Springtime is here in Iowa.KCCI Director of Photography Cortney Kintzer captured some of those sights on ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.