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…

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…

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…

Jack Gedney’s book, The Private Lives of Public Birds, is dedicated to the familiar birds we see and hear in our neighborhoods. Illustrated by Anna Kus Park, the book shares charming vignettes about the birds’ behavior that are scientifically accurate but that also have an emotional weight…

In the season premiere, we travel to Puerto Rico to meet a bird that has survived deforestation, hurricanes and the exotic pet trade. The Puerto Rican parrot saw its numbers drop to almost zero at one point. But today, its population is growing and stabilizing. To achieve this, the people…

¡Colombia alberga el 20% de las especies de aves en todo el mundo! Hay más de 1900 especies de aves que han hecho de Colombia su casa temporal o permanentemente. Y hay un excelente libro sobre ello publicado por Rey Naranjo Editores y titulado Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia. Tiene…

Arguably the most bird-rich country on Earth, Colombia is the home of about 20% of all bird diversity worldwide. And there’s a lovely book published by Rey Naranjo Editores titled Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia with over 5,000 striking, hand-drawn illustrations of the country’s…

Tal vez has escuchado del mito del fénix, un ave legendaria que se prende en llamas y renace de sus cenizas. Su primo literario es el mito eslavo del pájaro de fuego, una criatura elusiva cuyas plumas arden incandescentes por la noche. Existen múltiples historias sobre aves parecidas al…

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…