Culture

How to Live With Bird Poop
January 18, 2018 — It might be harmful for your car's paint, but truth is, the world needs it.
This Show Used a Robot Chick to Infiltrate a Hornbill Nest
January 03, 2018 — The producer of the PBS series 'Spy in the Wild' shares with Audubon how his team captured the rare and intimate footage.
Reimagining the Pileated Woodpecker
December 14, 2017 — Illustrator Stephen Kroninger's interpretation loses a bird but gains a glossy string of pearls.
Step Up Your Holiday Baking Game With These Realistic Bird Cookies
December 08, 2017 — Ecologist Sarah MacLean is whipping up a cookie guide to the birds of North America, and she has some tips for your kitchen.
Birdist Rule #74: Watch Some Movies About Birding
November 30, 2017 — Stuck indoors for the holidays? Scrutinize these birding movies instead of real-life field marks.
Just in Time for Thanksgiving: A New Audubon Exhibit With the Gallant Wild Turkey as the Lead
November 10, 2017 — The New-York Historical Society debuts its most ambitious display of 'Birds of America' artifacts yet, slated for 36 years of exhibition.
Add These Birder Murder Mysteries to Your Reading List
November 08, 2017 — With titles like 'A Siege of Bitterns' and 'A Cast of Falcons' to his name, novelist Steve Burrows mixes birds and whodunits to great acclaim.
Helen Macdonald on What Falconry Can Teach Us About Our Relationship With Raptors
November 01, 2017 — In a new documentary, the author of 'H is for Hawk' befriends a goshawk and explores her lifelong fascination with birds of prey, tame and wild.
Here's How to Become a Bohemian Waxwing for Halloween
October 27, 2017 — In this video, the founder of “Bird Glamour” gives us a slick, quick makeup tutorial for the berry-loving songbird.
Bird’s Nest Soup Is More Popular Than Ever, Thanks to Swiftlet House Farms
October 23, 2017 — Across Southeast Asia, people are hosting swiftlets to harvest their valuable nests. But the status of the bird's wild population remains precarious.