Featured Articles
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Macaulay Library’s Best Bird Photos 2025Birders around the world have contributed more than 65 million photos to our Macaulay Library archive. Here are some of the best from the past year.
Featuring more than 50 photographers
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Mexico’s Long Road to a Scarlet Macaw RevivalAn environmental politician, a small Mexican nonprofit, and a network of guardians in Chiapas are helping Mexico’s last Scarlet Macaws survive the twin threats of deforestation and poaching.
By Jorge Rodríguez
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Five Years After 3 Billion Birds Lost, Scientists Plan A Road to RecoveryAfter a 2019 study identified major losses to North American bird populations, scientists are working to reverse the declines through pilot projects with Evening Grosbeaks, Lesser Yellowlegs, and others.
By Gustave Axelson, Photos by Sparky Stensaas
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The Heretofore Unknown Odyssey of the Giant HummingbirdIn a technical tour-de-force, researchers found that South America’s Giant Hummingbird is actually two species, one of which migrates half the length of the continent and ascends as high as 13,000 feet in a matter of weeks.
By Marc Devokaitis
Columns & Departments
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View from Sapsucker Woods: Inspiring Nature-Positive SolutionsBy Ian Owens -
A Simple Window Treatment Drastically Cuts Bird Collisions at a Chicago LandmarkBy Susan Cosier -
New National Park Protects Birds-of-Paradise Habitat in Indonesian PapuaBy Gustave Axelson -
How a Prizewinning Science Writer Found Himself Immersed in BirdingBy Melissa Groo -
Birdword: An Illustrated Guide to Some Tongue-Twisting Ornithological TermsBy Rosemary Mosco -
Gallery: The Winter Warmth of the Northern CardinalArtwork by Lauren Richelieu; Text by Gustave Axelson
