We become desensitized to the common sounds around us—car alarms, chattering squirrels, the mechanical functions of modern living kicking on and off throughout the day. If you had asked me a week ago ...

Merlin was on the job at Westwood Hills Nature Center in St. Louis Park one recent day, helping birders identify bird songs. Not Merlin the storied magician, although what was happening could be ...

I’m not a bird watcher, but I’ve become a bird listener ever since downloading a bionic ear app to my phone. It lets me enter a different world, one where I’m surrounded not just by chirping but by ...

Oregon is home to more than 500 bird species. Portland has an annual month-long festival dedicated to the migratory Vaux's swift. The nearby Sandy River Delta boasts a blind (a special structure made ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

In a clip from David Attenborough 's 1998 BBC TV series Life of Birds, a lyrebird imitates a chainsaw, kookaburra and car ...