Birds

Port Susan Bay sustains thousands of shorebirds

Port Susan Bay sustains tens of thousands of shorebirds

Five Valleys Audubon Society field trip to view Snowy Owls in the Mission Valley, MT.

EXTINCT BOIDS

This superbly quirky new book features unique interpretations of birds lost forever, and those only imagined.

Another of the artists' zany creations, the Rodrigues Blue-black Throstle.

EXTINCT BOIDS

This superbly quirky new book features unique interpretations of birds lost forever, and those only imagined.

The Double-banded Argus may or may not have existed. The only evidence is one feather belonging to the supposed creature, but it's likely just an aberrant feather from a normal argus pheasant.

EXTINCT BOIDS

This superbly quirky new book features unique interpretations of birds lost forever, and those only imagined.

It's thought that the St. Helena Giant Hoopoe was driven to extinction by hunting soon after the island was discovered in 1502.

EXTINCT BOIDS

This superbly quirky new book features unique interpretations of birds lost forever, and those only imagined.

The imaginary Moor Pen is a "an uncontrollable and panic-riddled creature" that distrusts boids, particularly the powerful Needless Smut. Rumor has it that the Smut put the kybosh on the Moor Pen's application to be a librarian.

EXTINCT BOIDS

This superbly quirky new book features unique interpretations of birds lost forever, and those only imagined.

The Jamaican Red Macaw was presumably hunted to extinction toward the end of the 18th century; the last specimen, taken in 1765, was lost long ago.

EXTINCT BOIDS

This superbly quirky new book features unique interpretations of birds lost forever, and those only imagined.

The fictional Long-legged Shortwing.

EXTINCT BOIDS

This superbly quirky new book features unique interpretations of birds lost forever, and those only imagined.

Hatched from the imaginations of filmmaker Ceri Levi and illustrator Ralph Steadman are creatures such as this one, the Nasty Tern.

EXTINCT BOIDS

This superbly quirky new book features unique interpretations of birds lost forever, and those only imagined.

Hatched from the imaginations of filmmaker Ceri Levi and illustrator Ralph Steadman are creatures such as this one, the Nasty Tern.

Sandhill cranes, which can live up to 20 years, don’t start breeding until they’re two to seven years old. Mated pairs stick together year-round, migrating as a group with their offspring.

Sandhill cranes landing in the Platte River Valley, near Grand Island, Nebraska.

Violaceous Trogon