CASTLE HAYNE, N.C. (WECT) - SkyWatch Bird Rescue is seeking bug donations to provide food for baby birds in their care. The ...

MOORE HAVEN, Fla. — In Florida's Everglades, few species are more closely tied to the habitat's health than an endangered bird, the snail kite. The Everglade snail kite is a raptor, similar to a ...

But a late 20th century reintroduction programme has transformed the fortunes of this species. With centres of high population ... slowly glide over fields looking for worms. Red kites are a large ...

Swallow-tailed kites are a migratory bird species that can be seen in Florida for a portion of the year. Swallow-tailed kites make their nests in tall trees and are social birds, ...

The gray-headed kite (Leptodon cayanensis) is known as the gavilán cabecigris in Spanish. It’s one of the 205 members of the Accipitridae (pronunciation here) family which is a diverse group of birds ...

An eye-catching pair of harlequin ducks is on the front, and a swallow-tailed kite is on the back. The meat of the 65-page checklist is the birds themselves: all 443 species.

It's hard to believe now but these iconic and hugely popular birds were once almost extinct in Wales and the UK. Find out more about red kites, on the BBC Wales Nature & Outdoors website.

In the Middle Ages, the red kite flourished. The forked-tailed, diurnal bird of prey enjoyed a happy working relationship with humans — keeping cities reasonably clean by scavenging on the refuse that ...

One in four bird species seen regularly in Wales is in "serious ... he said there was "real hope" as red kites had recovered from the verge of extinction in the 1980s to "about 2,500 breeding ...