Arts & Culture

A colorful mural of birds and flowers painted on a garden shed.
Northern Waterthrush by Vanesa 脕lvarez D铆az
July 29, 2025 — Location: Ten Eyck Garden, 15-17 Ten Eyck Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
The 探花精选 Mural Project
A garden shed painted with Blackpoll Warblers and native flowers.
Blackpoll Warbler by Yukiko Izumi
July 29, 2025 — Location: Stockholm Street Community Garden, 143 Stockholm St, Brooklyn, NY 11221
The 探花精选 Mural Project
A garden shed painted with a Blue-winged Warbler on the left and two purple coneflowers on the right.
Blue-winged Warbler by Geobany Rodriguez
July 29, 2025 — Location: El Coqui Liberation Community Garden, 924 Melrose Avenue, Bronx, NY 10451
The 探花精选 Mural Project
Gray Catbird by Pelumi Adegawa
July 29, 2025 — Location: Dias y Flores Community Garden, 520 East 13th Street, New York, NY 10009
The 探花精选 Mural Project
A collage of two taxidermied bird specimens, a cloacascope, a book, and two documents on a black background.
鈥楩eather Detective鈥 Roxie Laybourne鈥檚 Career in Six Objects
July 22, 2025 — From a gynandromorphic grosbeak to feathers collected at a murder investigation in Florida, biographer Chris Sweeney shares six unusual artifacts he found while researching his new book about the world鈥檚 first forensic ornithologist.
Books
Three people kneel on the floor holding fans made of Golden Eagle tail feathers in a dimly lit room filled with spiritual objects.
This Native-Run Raptor Center Is Safeguarding Sacred Birds, Feathers, and Practices
June 20, 2025 — A Comanche-led conservation project takes on an increasingly urgent mission: protecting the birds revered by many tribes while preserving traditions at the heart of their culture.
Conservation News
Lili Taylor stands in a lush, green forest holding binoculars and smiling.
Lili Taylor Leaps From Stage to Page With a Birdy New Memoir
June 20, 2025 — The celebrated actor can now add author to her list of accolades after publishing 鈥淭urning to Birds,鈥 a memoir-in-essays about falling in love with the avian world.
Books
A pi帽ata with three Ivory-billed Woodpeckers perched on a branch, photographed outside under a flowering tree.
Layers of Paper鈥攁nd Meaning鈥攊n Roberto Benavidez鈥檚 Ivory-billed Woodpecker Pi帽ata
June 20, 2025 — With 鈥淲oodpecker Trinity,鈥 the artist reimagines a famous 探花精选 watercolor to pay tribute to the long-debated woodpecker, while adding his own symbolic twists.
The Aviary
The Ballad of U10: How One Mischievous Bird Taught Me to Love Gulls Even More
April 17, 2025 — After a chance beach encounter with a banded Herring Gull, cartoonist Rosemary Mosco dug deep into the surprisingly popular bird's life and adventures.
Portrait of a ptarmigan in mostly white plumage and a bright red eyebrow.
This Grouse Is Going Viral: Meet the Willow Ptarmigan, AKA the 鈥楢webo鈥 Bird
April 11, 2025 — This charismatic species from the Arctic tundra has become an internet sensation thanks to its bizarre calls and meme-worthy behavior.