Photographer Xavi Bou creates incredible images of birds and their movements by combining his love of photography and technology with his love for birds and nature — as seen in his book, Ornithographies. He’s especially drawn to European Starlings and their movements as a flock, called a…

In the center of Oakland, California, is Lake Merritt. People row in it, picnic and jog around it, and it's a place of respite within the city. And it hosts waterbirds such as ducks, geese, egrets, pelicans, cormorants, and coots. A beautifully illustrated field guide by Alex Harris, Birds…

Found in Australian forests, male Superb Lyrebirds can mimic calls well enough to convince the bird they’re imitating that the lyrebird is one of their own! While males sing to attract mates, females imitate the calls of predators, which could help frighten other birds off their…

You might have heard of the Phoenix, the legendary bird who bursts into flames and is reborn from its ashes. Well, its literary cousin is the Slavic myth of the Firebird, an elusive creature whose feathers burn and light up the night. Stories about Phoenix-like birds have spread all over…

Names are conventions, right? But some names contain something special: a bird! For example, the name Paloma comes from the colloquial name in Spanish for the common pigeon, but as a human name it often refers to doves. Or Garzón, my last name, is derived from Garza, or Heron, in Spanish…

Los nombres son una convención cultural, ¿cierto? Pero algunos nombres contienen algo especial: ¡aves! Por ejemplo, Garzón, mi apellido, está derivado de la garza. Listen to this episode in English here .

Along the coast of Sinaloa in México, there are species of shorebirds with one of the longest migrations in the Western Hemisphere. One such species is the Western Sandpiper, here known as el playerito occidental, wants to eat. But wetland habitats where they find their food are affected…

There’s a bird in Cuba with plumage in blue, red and white — the same colors as the nation’s flag. The Tocororo, or Cuban Trogon, is the national bird of Cuba. When the Tocororo is kept in a cage, they often die. This fact has become a metaphor of freedom embraced by Cubans. The Cuban…

En Cuba hay un ave con el plumaje de los mismos colores de la bandera: azul, rojo y blanco. El Tocororo, el ave nacional de la isla, vive en bosques y suele permanecer tranquilo, excepto cuando sale a comer frutas y flores. Lo que hace aún más especial a esta ave es que cuando se encuentra…

El fotógrafo Xavi Bou crea imágenes increíbles de aves y sus movimientos, combinando su amor por la fotografía y la tecnología con su amor por las aves y la naturaleza. Como se puede ver en su libro, Ornithographies. Xavi está especialmente interesado en los estorninos europeos y sus…