The Florida Everglades are home to a bird called the Snail Kite. It eats only one type of snail and is endangered because its wetland habitat has been altered.
Far out in the Pacific Ocean, nearly a million Layson Albatrosses have set up their nesting colonies on Midway Atoll.
BirdNote ® Spruce Grouse
A chicken-like bird living in the boreal forest south of the arctic, the Spruce Grouse, survives the cold winter by eating nothing but pine needles.
BirdNote® Oystercatcher
The East Coast was battered this week by the sea, but for the black oyster catcher the seashore is a protective habitat.
Bird Note-Migrating Geese
As October gets underway, so does the fall migration. Skeins of Canada Geese and their smaller cousins Cackling Geese in their characteristic V formations are now flying south, as BirdNote®’s Michael Stein explains.
BirdNote® Kipukas and Akis
A grove of trees on the slopes of an active volcano in Hawaii is home to a rare and beautiful bird.
