Officials said that, for the most part, the nocturnal bird spends its life at sea, but will make nests on isolated islands. There are about 150,000 ʻakēʻakē globally, with 240 pairs in Hawaii.

When Sanchez returned home to Vancouver, Washington and processed the images, the 41-year-old middle school band director realized it was no mere black bird that he had photographed.

Two bird watchers rescued an osprey they found sitting in the middle of Army Post Road in West Des Moines. Bands on its legs told its long history.

A teacher has made headlines in the bird community after photographing a rare species in Oregon that's believed to be seen in the U.S. for the first time.

After posting his photos to Facebook, Sanchez learned that his pretty bird was none other than a blue rock thrush, a native of Europe and Asia that is beyond rare in North America.

Two bird watchers rescued an osprey they found sitting in the middle the road in West. It is a 19-year-old who repopulated Iowa.

Sanchez, a 41-year-old middle-school band director from Vancouver, Wash., recently picked up photography and, by his account, is by no means a bird-watcher. But his trip turned into an impromptu ...

The rare bird may be stunning, ... Upon closer inspection, they noticed a small band on the bird's leg, but have been unable to use the information to contact an owner.

(Gray News) – A rare bird that was believed to have been “lost” for over 50 years has been photographed for the first time in history. The New Britain Goshawk is found only on the island of ...

Measuring about six and a half feet high and nearly 40 feet long, these nets are made of fine mesh and used by researchers to capture otherwise hard-to-come-by data on a site’s bird population.

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