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A brown-gray bird with an open bill pokes its head out of a tree while pecking the tree to open up a cavity.

The Hole Story: How Woodpeckers Make Homes for the Rest of the Forest

A chocolate brown and gray-white patterned bird soars against a white sky.

Living Bird Spring 2025—Table Of Contents

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Best Bird Videos: 21 Favorites from Our Macaulay Library

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Bird ID Skills

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Where’s the White? A Simple Question can be the Key in Waterfowl ID

Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawks perch side-by-side for ID comparison

How to Tell a Sharp-shinned Hawk from a Cooper’s Hawk

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Pocket Binocular Review: Our Search for the Best Tiny Binoculars

White-throated Sparrow by Kevin Pero/Macaulay Library.

What’s That Bird Song? Merlin Bird ID Can Tell You

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Feeding Birds

common feeder birds and their favorite foods. Illustration by Justine Lee Hirten.

Common Feeder Birds: Quick Info on Food PreferencesProject Feederwatch

A blue/purple bird at a suet feeder.

About Suet, Mealworms, and Other Bird Foods

A blue, gray and black bird sits on a peanut-filled bird feeder and holds a peanut in its beak.

How to Choose the Right Kind of Bird Feeder

gray, white and yellow birds at a feeder

What’s the best way to clean your bird feeders to prevent disease?

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FAQs & Common Problems

A group of American Robins in the winter. Photo by hpaich via Birdshare.

Why Do I See Robins in Winter—Don’t They Migrate South?

A grayish hummingbird with a few pink throat feathers hovers at a bird feeder with some snow on it.

There’s a hummingbird at my feeder in the dead of winter. Will it be okay?

A blue, white and black bird perches on a tree with snowy coming down horizontally.

What do small birds do in a storm?

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Bird-Friendly Homes

eastern screech owl roosting in a box

Attract Birds With Roost Boxes

Birdhouse, Nest Box, and Nest Structure Plans for 54 Backyard SpeciesNestwatch

A small bird with a brilliant orange iridescent neck splashes in a birdbath.

Attract Birds With Birdbaths

7 simple things to help birds, graphic by Sarah Seroussi. Wood Thrush by John Petruzzi/Macaulay Library.

Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds

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Try This

Yellow bird with gray wings perches in foliage with red flowers.

March 2025 eBirder of the Month Challenge

Bird with black cap and chin, chestnut back and sides, gray wings, and white underside, perches on a branch,

In March 2025, Win a Free Spot in the Cornell Lab’s Feeder Birds Identification Course

How to Get Involved: Find a Cornell Lab Project That’s Right For You

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Birding Festivals and Events

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Macaulay Library’s Best Bird Photos 2025

Close up of a bright red bird with a naked, pale-pink face, rainbow wing feathers and a short, but large and formidable pale beak, grooms its chest feathers.

Mexico’s Long Road to a Scarlet Macaw Revival

A yellow, grey, and beige bird in flight with other birds in background.

Five Years After 3 Billion Birds Lost, Scientists Plan A Road to Recovery

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American Kestrel by Blair Dudeck / Macaulay Library