California is a top destination for birdwatching due to its diverse geography and abundance of bird species. Over 600 bird species, representing about two-thirds of North American bird species, can be ...

Heard a chirp or spotted a flutter? These free apps identify backyard birds by sight or sound — no binoculars or in-depth ...

By Gloria Dickie In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, thriving on the flames that flicker through California’s ...

Stacker compiled a list of the most commonly hunted migratory birds in California using data from a report released by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in August 2025. Duck and goose species are ...

Crickets chirp in the night as Gerardo Marrón calls to an elf owl on a Baja California Sur mountainside in late October.

New information on the Audubon’s 126th Annual Christmas Bird Count shows there were more citizen birdwatchers who saw more ...

Across several national parks in the Sierra Nevada, researchers found that the populations of some bird species grew rapidly after fires and remained higher even decades later. Scientists already knew ...

National Bird Day 2025 highlights how bird population changes reveal environmental stress and ecosystem health worldwide.

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences kept busy throughout 2025. Along with collaborators from across the globe, ...