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Discover the diverse world of birds — warm-blooded vertebrates with feathers, beaks, and wings found on every continent, from tiny hummingbirds to flightless ostriches and everything in between.
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The smallest falcon in Illinois has lost roughly half its population since the 1960s, even as its far more famous cousin has staged one of American conservation’s biggest comeback stories.
If you hang a suet feeder in your Raleigh backyard or scatter cracked corn for the cardinals in Asheville, you are almost certainly acting within the law.
Nine oriole species live somewhere in the United States, but only two of them raise their young in Maryland each year.
Hanging a bird feeder in your Indiana backyard feels like the most harmless hobby imaginable, but state statutes, DNR advisories, and city ordinances all have something to say about how you do it.
Most people write sparrows off as “just another brown bird,” but Colorado’s sparrows are far more distinctive than their reputation suggests.
You might think tossing seed into your backyard feeder is a purely personal choice, free of red tape.
If you’ve ever wondered whether tossing sunflower seed into your backyard could actually land you a fine, you’re not overreacting.
You hang a feeder outside your kitchen window expecting finches and chickadees, not a visit from animal control.
Florida has no single statewide law banning bird feeders, yet thousands of homeowners have still received warnings, fines, or HOA notices simply for filling one.
Tossing bread to a flock of geese at a Narragansett Bay park can trigger the same misdemeanor charge as illegally trapping a coyote in Rhode Island.
Arizona birders get a front-row seat to one of the most colorful migration shows in North America every spring.
Two very different types of grouse in California call the state home, and finding either one usually means leaving the coastal cities behind for deep forest or open sagebrush country.
Hawaii’s lanais and backyards are full of color: red-crested cardinals hopping across patio tables, zebra doves working the crumbs under a lunch counter, and the occasional nēnē wandering a golf course fairway.
Nebraska’s backyard birders wait all winter for one unmistakable sign that spring has finally arrived: a flash of fiery orange darting between the treetops.
In 2014, Mississippi wildlife regulators accidentally wrote a rule that made it technically illegal to hang a bird feeder in your own backyard.
Hang a feeder full of black-oil sunflower seed in your Boise backyard and you’re doing exactly what Idaho Fish and Game wants you to do.
Of the roughly 60 eagle species found worldwide, only two ever spread their wings over New Mexico’s deserts and river valleys.
North Dakota’s wide-open landscape makes it one of the best states in the country for backyard bird watching, from black-capped chickadees at a winter suet feeder to mallards paddling up to a park pond looking for a handout.
Feeding wild birds in Vermont is one of the few forms of wildlife feeding the state actively tolerates, even as it bans baiting deer, turkey, and bear outright.
Understanding feeding wild birds laws in Nebraska matters more than most backyard birders realize, especially once you learn that the same hobby can be perfectly legal in your yard and a citable offense a few hundred yards away near a wetland or hunting area.
