Scientific American

Birds Went Silent during the Great North American Eclipse—Here’s What Researchers Discovered

When a total solar eclipse plunged North America into darkness on the afternoon of April 8, 2024, the songbirds in Bloomington, Ind., suddenly fell silent. In the middle of the forest, the only sounds ...
insider.si.edu

Peterson field guide to bird sounds of western North America / Nathan Pieplow

A new approach to bird sounds -- How birds produce sounds -- Visualizing sound -- The naming of bird sounds -- The biology of bird sounds -- Recording bird sounds and making spectrograms -- Birds by ...
NPR

The Macaulay Library picks its favorite bird sounds for 2025. See who made the cut

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.
National Audubon Society

Meet the Owls of North America—and Learn a Fun Fact For Each

Fun fact: Almost all owls have eyes that are proportionately large to their heads for increased visibility during low-light hours, but the Great Gray Owl's peepers are especially big—roughly the size ...