Backyard Bird Watching

Macaw prices by species from breeders and rescues, plus the real lifetime cost: cage, food, vet, noise, 50+ year lifespan, and the law on buying one.

The blue quaker parrot is a color mutation of the monk parakeet. Size, lifespan, noise, price range, adoption, and the US states where it’s illegal.

The bird that brings babies is the white stork. Here is where the legend began, what the real bird is like, and the Wood Stork Florida readers can spot.

Meet the shima enaga, Hokkaido’s white-faced long-tailed tit and viral Japanese ‘snow fairy’: size, range, winter huddling, and why it isn’t in the US.

Starlings can’t hang upside down or fit through a 1.5-inch hole. Here’s how to use that to keep them off suet and mealworm feeders while woodpeckers and bluebirds keep eating.

Where to bird in Zanzibar: Jozani forest, Chwaka Bay flats, Chumbe, Mnemba, Pemba’s four endemics, and when to go. A family-friendly guide.

Four falcons live in San Diego County. Learn to tell peregrine, kestrel, merlin and prairie falcon apart, where to see them, and how to rule out hawks.