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Backyard Birding Central
Want to learn more about our feathered friends of the sky? Visit our Backyard Birding site for facts, photos, videos, and more.
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What's That Bird?
Identify your backyard visitors in a flash! Just answer four simple questions to search our database of 150 backyard birds common to Canada and the U.S.
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Bowerbirds Photo Gallery
To win choosy females, male bowerbirds swagger, croon, and … decorate. In some species, only males with the most spectacular lairs, like this Vogelkop on New Guinea, succeed in passing on their genes.
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Coming This Fall
Don't miss Great Migrations, a seven-part television event taking you around the world on the arduous journeys millions of animals undertake to ensure the survival of their species.
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Cardinal
Find out more about a familiar feathered friend. Discover how their brilliant color can mean success with the opposite sex.
Bird News
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Spill Still Threatens Migrating Birds
Despite the BP Gulf spill cap, millions of migrating birds this fall, and for years to come, may face oil threats—starvation in particular. Video.
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Photos: Oil Hits Major Nesting Site
Only a month after teams reported the area free from oil, Raccoon Island, home to the largest waterbird nesting colonies in Louisiana, has been "devastated" by the Gulf spill.
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What's That Bird?
Identify your backyard visitors in a flash with four simple questions.
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Bird Photos
View fantastic user-submitted bird photos from all over the world.
National Geographic Magazine
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Bowerbirds Gallery
To woo a "Mary," bowerbirds decorate with shells, cans, even pink paper clips.
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Counting Cranes Gallery
How many whooping cranes are there? Not enough. See photos of these birds in action.
