Other Animals

On June 1, a tiny Florida Grasshopper Sparrow scurried out of an outdoor aviary and onto conservation lands south of Orlando, joining a fragile but recovering population of the most endangered birds on the continent. Unbeknownst to the little brown bird, it was the 501st captive-bred Florida Grasshopper Sparrow to be released as part of a concerted

Webinar: Avian Vet Insider—Avian Vet Insider: Liver Disease in Pet Birds Date: Friday, July 15, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest, Dr.

Photo: Camilla Cerea/Audubon The arrival of June marks Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, usually just shortened to Pride Month. Celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties, and, in the case of Audubon, bird walks. Our Let’s Go Birding Together series was founded and organized by Jason St. Sauver, Community Education director at Spring Creek Prairie

Greater Sage-Grouse. Photo: Evan Barrientos/Audubon As we move into the dry summer months the threat of fire looms over the sagebrush steppe ecosystem, an area covering 14 states and three Canadian provinces. This western landscape – the backdrop of many iconic cowboy movies – is home to recreation, hunting, grazing, various industries, and more than

Image by Howard Walsh from Pixabay Some of us have spent a large part of our lives enjoying birds in the wild in a practice branded as “birding.” It’s fun to watch for certain kinds of birds, to photograph them, to watch their daily interaction, or simply to have the comfort of birds attracted to

Black Guillemots. Photo: Walker Golder At Audubon we spend a lot of time talking about Atlantic Puffins, and for good reason. Our staff have spent nearly 50 years helping these colorful seabirds return to their historic breeding grounds off the coast of Maine, and studying what puffins tell us about conditions in our oceans. But

From the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area parking lot, I hear a rumble. The noise grows as I walk a half mile to the lake, where I spot a crowd of a couple hundred people. But the crowd is quiet. All eyes are trained on a raucous, stadium-size gathering of geese honking into a cold

These young male California Condors, officially designated as A2 and A3, were released in Redwood National Park on May 3—the first of their species to fly free in this part of California since 1892, according to the Yurok Tribe. Photo: Courtesy of Matt Mais/Yurok Tribe After more than a century, California Condors are once again

Common Loon Photo: Pamela Dimeler/Audubon Photography Awards The Seal River Watershed Alliance is creating an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) on the western shore of Hudson Bay to help protect 50,000 square kilometers (12 million acres) of lakes, rivers, and lands that sustain cultures and support migratory birds, caribou, and polar bears. With thousands

Significant commitment. Profound impact. During a period of significant change at Audubon and across the country, your inspirational giving has helped bring to life a more inclusive, more innovative conservation paradigm. Organizational transformation at scale requires significant time and resources. It also requires visionary leadership to look at what is and to imagine what could

We’ve all seen it: parrots and other exotic birds using their beak to move around. Nothing unusual, right? A bird being a bird. But apparently, it IS a big deal. The interest in this maneuver is the use of the beak as a “limb”, something that becomes odd simply because science says that, to date,

Webinar: Avian Vet Insider: Nutraceuticals—Natural Medications for Pet Birds Date: Friday, June 3, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest, Dr. Stephanie Lamb,

Webinar: An Insider’s View of an Educational Wellness Retreat for Pet Bird Owners Date: Friday, June 10, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special

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Webinar: Comprehensive Anatomy Research Project—New Findings to Advance Veterinary Medicine, Part 2 Date: Friday, June 24, 2022 SPECIAL TIME: 11:00 am PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) EXTENDED WEBINAR – THIS WEBINAR WILL BE 1.5 HOURS Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of

Hamlet the Indian ring-necked parakeet has become a TikTok star, and his funny antics have helped lift the spirits of those experiencing bouts of depression. Image courtesy of Bridget Chant. It’s a well-known fact that birds are just as capable of providing emotional support to people as dogs and cats are. In some respects, and

Did you know that there are no velociraptors in Jurassic Park? Not in Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, or any of the other movies in the franchise. The dinosaur that is in these movies, as it turns out, is even cooler still. While it is not a velociraptor, it is a member of the clade Maniraptora.

I recently gave a talk that reviewed Alex’s numerical competence and realized that I had never discussed this issue in a blog. The material is far from new, but worth reviewing because Alex’s number studies were unique in several ways. Not only was he the only nonhuman who used vocal labels (rather than, for example,

It’s a good time to revisit the Macaw Recovery Network (MRN) because it’s spring, and the great green macaw chicks are hatching in the MRN breeding facility as well as their native nests, which are largely found in the endangered Mountain Almond tree. Creating successful offspring is a slow, challenging process for wild macaws. They

Image courtesy Zara Williams Every parrot owner has feared the escape of their beloved bird. The sequence of opening a door or window, the sudden flap of wings by an inquisitive bird, and the movement of air as the bird flies past you and into the wide, borderless world of adventure and answers can be

Birdwatching Magazine created its own “March Madness” event with its bird-watching bracket to see widdle 64 bird species down to one winner in terms of wanting to be seen most among birders. One of the thrills of the sporting world is the time-honored ability for folks that enjoy the predictive to guess what the outcome

Happy hatch-date to you! African grey parrots Griffin and Athena co-celebrate their hatch-date anniversaries by digging into their individual banerry-corknut cakes, which are made mostly of apples, almond flour, and ground almonds. All labs have a distinct culture. The best labs have a culture of cooperation—everyone working together for a common goal. Of course, it

Webinar: Avian Bornavirus? Avian Ganglioneuritis?: One Last Q&A! Special 2 Hour Webinar Date: Friday, May 20, 2022 Time: 11:00 am PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) *Special 2 Hour Webinar! Join us for this very important FREE, live webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds

Webinar: Avian Vet Insider: Common Medications Your Vet May Prescribe & Why Date: Friday, May 13, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest,

Science is a forward-moving momentous force that helps us to discover better things about the universe that surrounds us. Although we ourselves are encapsulated within the sphere of the planet Earth, the minute discoveries that we build upon allow us to gradually understand our amazing core of existence in a brighter light. It’s why the

Webinar: Pet Bird Housing, Interior Design–Setting Up the Cage for Action Date: Friday, May 6, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest, Ann

One of the best things about having a pet is interacting and handling it. So what reptiles are good to handle? Here are five of the best pet reptiles to hold! #clintsreptiles #reptiles #reptile ==== Clint is a professional biologist and educator, but above all, Clint LOVES reptiles and he loves to share that love

Black pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus) are easily mistaken for Mexican black kingsnakes. Both are beautiful, jet black, reasonably sized black snakes, but I would argue that black pine snakes make BETTER pets. They are a dream snake for me! But is the black pine snake the best pet snake for you? #clintsreptiles #pinesnake #pituophis ====

Echo the African grey parrot dazzles zoo staff and visitors alike with her artwork. Image courtesy of the Maryland Zoo The steps in which art is created display a unique expression of interests and an ability for patience. It takes time to create. Choosing colors, making brushstrokes that go on to become a definition of