{"id":64877,"date":"2025-01-02T12:11:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T17:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/?p=64877"},"modified":"2025-12-23T07:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:20:27","slug":"macaulay-librarys-best-bird-photos-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/macaulay-librarys-best-bird-photos-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Macaulay Library's Best Bird Photos 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">From the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-winter-2025-table-of-contents\/\">Winter 2025 issue<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Living Bird<\/em>&nbsp;magazine.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/join.birds.cornell.edu\/page\/14522\/donate\/?__hstc=75100365.220461ee62b578f48bb144cf431e8850.1712607354694.1733246511254.1733257290895.253&amp;__hssc=75100365.7.1733257290895&amp;__hsfp=3011104808\">Subscribe now<\/a>. If you like this photo essay, you\u2019ll also enjoy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/macaulay-librarys-best-bird-photos-2024\/\">last year\u2019s Best of Macaulay essay<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright order-bottom\"><div class=\"article-list list-style\"><h2 class=\"article-list-header\">More From Living Bird<\/h2><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-winter-2025-table-of-contents\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC-banner-616924799-Redhead-Isaac_Polanski-FI-1280x960.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC-banner-616924799-Redhead-Isaac_Polanski-FI-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC-banner-616924799-Redhead-Isaac_Polanski-FI-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC-banner-616924799-Redhead-Isaac_Polanski-FI-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC-banner-616924799-Redhead-Isaac_Polanski-FI-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC-banner-616924799-Redhead-Isaac_Polanski-FI-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC-banner-616924799-Redhead-Isaac_Polanski-FI.jpg 1291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" alt=\"A dark-auburn headed duck with a light gray body and black chest and shiny, black bill, sits in the water.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-winter-2025-table-of-contents\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Winter 2025\u2014Table Of Contents<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-spring-2026-table-of-contents\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird-latest issue\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-spring-2026-table-of-contents\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine\u2014Latest Issue<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-magazine-archives\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird archives\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-magazine-archives\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine Archives<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>For our 2025 photo essay we\u2019re celebrating wonderful photos in five themes: the lush, flower-filled habitats of birds in <a href=\"#bloom\">Birdlife in Full Bloom<\/a>; fun companion shots in <a href=\"#double-vision\">Double Vision<\/a>; the rainbow of birds in <a href=\"#colors\">Colors of the Bird World<\/a>; cuteness, vulnerability, and the bonds of family in <a href=\"#next-generation\">The Next Generation<\/a>; wet and wild times in <a href=\"#splash\">Making a Splash<\/a>; and an exclusive meet-and-greet with some of the world\u2019s least-seen birds in&nbsp;<a href=\"#rarities\">Rarities<\/a>. In the final section, we say&nbsp;<a href=\"#thanks\">thank you to all the photographers<\/a>&nbsp;who make the Macaulay Library archive such a uniquely rich resource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bloom\">Birdlife in Full Bloom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Macaulay Library archive doesn\u2019t just feature birds; many photos capture birds within the context of habitat. When photographers frame birds within colorful flowers, it\u2019s often a chance to record behaviors, too\u2014whether a Ruby-throated Hummingbird sipping from a sage plant, a Fiji Parrotfinch nibbling at blossoms in search of nectar, or a Silvereye melting into a bed of golden wattles, Australia\u2019s national flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/617097779-Bushtit-Rain_Saulnier-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A little taupe bird perches on a branch with pale pink flowers all around.\" class=\"wp-image-64893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/617097779-Bushtit-Rain_Saulnier-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/617097779-Bushtit-Rain_Saulnier-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/617097779-Bushtit-Rain_Saulnier-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/617097779-Bushtit-Rain_Saulnier-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/617097779-Bushtit-Rain_Saulnier-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/617097779-Bushtit-Rain_Saulnier-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/617097779-Bushtit-Rain_Saulnier.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bushtit in Canada. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/617097779\">Rain Saulnier \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620438385-Hudsonian_Godwit-Wentao_Yang-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Brown, beige patterned bird with long legs and a very long bill, stands in lavender colored grasses.\" class=\"wp-image-64894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620438385-Hudsonian_Godwit-Wentao_Yang-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620438385-Hudsonian_Godwit-Wentao_Yang-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620438385-Hudsonian_Godwit-Wentao_Yang-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620438385-Hudsonian_Godwit-Wentao_Yang-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620438385-Hudsonian_Godwit-Wentao_Yang-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620438385-Hudsonian_Godwit-Wentao_Yang-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620438385-Hudsonian_Godwit-Wentao_Yang.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hudsonian Godwit in Alaska, <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/620438385\">Wentao Yang \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623168957-Ruby-throated_HUmmingbird-Beau_Cotter-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Small little girl with a bright, iridescent back and white chest and abdomen, hovers in the air, while drinking nectar out of a plant with small, indigo flowers.\" class=\"wp-image-64897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623168957-Ruby-throated_HUmmingbird-Beau_Cotter-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623168957-Ruby-throated_HUmmingbird-Beau_Cotter-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623168957-Ruby-throated_HUmmingbird-Beau_Cotter-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623168957-Ruby-throated_HUmmingbird-Beau_Cotter-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623168957-Ruby-throated_HUmmingbird-Beau_Cotter-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623168957-Ruby-throated_HUmmingbird-Beau_Cotter-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623168957-Ruby-throated_HUmmingbird-Beau_Cotter.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ruby-throated Hummingbird in Michigan. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/623168957\">Beau Cotter \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611926826-Tui-Caiden_B-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Iridescent green bird with white throat tuft, perches horizontally on a stem with dark red flowers.\" class=\"wp-image-64892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611926826-Tui-Caiden_B-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611926826-Tui-Caiden_B-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611926826-Tui-Caiden_B-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611926826-Tui-Caiden_B-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611926826-Tui-Caiden_B-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611926826-Tui-Caiden_B-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611926826-Tui-Caiden_B.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Tui in New Zealand by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/611926826\">Caiden B \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622287152-Kiwi_Parrotfinch-Jodhan_Fine-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A bright green bird with a red face and relatively chunky bill, holds a pink flower bud in its bill.\" class=\"wp-image-64895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622287152-Kiwi_Parrotfinch-Jodhan_Fine-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622287152-Kiwi_Parrotfinch-Jodhan_Fine-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622287152-Kiwi_Parrotfinch-Jodhan_Fine-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622287152-Kiwi_Parrotfinch-Jodhan_Fine-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622287152-Kiwi_Parrotfinch-Jodhan_Fine-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622287152-Kiwi_Parrotfinch-Jodhan_Fine-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622287152-Kiwi_Parrotfinch-Jodhan_Fine.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fiji Parrotfinch in Fiji. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/622287152\">Jodhan Fine \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622755401-SIlvereye-Eric_Yeo-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A little grey bird with a yellow accents and head, with white eyering and sharp, little bill, stands on a bush with small yellow flowers.\" class=\"wp-image-64896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622755401-SIlvereye-Eric_Yeo-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622755401-SIlvereye-Eric_Yeo-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622755401-SIlvereye-Eric_Yeo-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622755401-SIlvereye-Eric_Yeo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622755401-SIlvereye-Eric_Yeo-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622755401-SIlvereye-Eric_Yeo-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622755401-SIlvereye-Eric_Yeo.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Silvereye in Australia. <em> Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/622755401\">Eric Yeo \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615102687-PIed_Kingfishers-Mansour_Elkerdany-1280x544.jpg\" alt=\"Two black and white patterned birds with tufty crests and large, black bills, one hovering, one perched, engage beak to beak.\" class=\"wp-image-64904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615102687-PIed_Kingfishers-Mansour_Elkerdany-1280x544.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615102687-PIed_Kingfishers-Mansour_Elkerdany-720x306.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615102687-PIed_Kingfishers-Mansour_Elkerdany-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615102687-PIed_Kingfishers-Mansour_Elkerdany-1536x653.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615102687-PIed_Kingfishers-Mansour_Elkerdany-480x204.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615102687-PIed_Kingfishers-Mansour_Elkerdany.jpg 1975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pied Kingfishers in Egypt. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/615102687\">Mansour Elkerdany \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"double-vision\">Double Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The vast majority of Macaulay Library photos feature a single bird, but many feature two subjects\u2014such as a pair of Pied Kingfishers in a moment of courtship along the Nile River, or sometimes even a bird and an insect (in this case, a moth alight\u00ading atop the head of a Peruvian Racket-tail hummingbird).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-style-default wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615990356-Rock_Pigeon-David_Turgeon-Canada-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Two rounded grey birds with iridescent green and pink necks, orange eyes and feet, and a small bill, lean into each other while standing on concrete .\" class=\"wp-image-64905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615990356-Rock_Pigeon-David_Turgeon-Canada-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615990356-Rock_Pigeon-David_Turgeon-Canada-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615990356-Rock_Pigeon-David_Turgeon-Canada-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615990356-Rock_Pigeon-David_Turgeon-Canada-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615990356-Rock_Pigeon-David_Turgeon-Canada-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615990356-Rock_Pigeon-David_Turgeon-Canada-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615990356-Rock_Pigeon-David_Turgeon-Canada.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Feral Rock Pigeons in Canada. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/615990356\">David Turgeon \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611546565-Florida-Scrub-Jay-Matt_Zuro-USA-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Two long-tailed blue and gray birds stand on a dead branch and face each other.\" class=\"wp-image-64901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611546565-Florida-Scrub-Jay-Matt_Zuro-USA-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611546565-Florida-Scrub-Jay-Matt_Zuro-USA-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611546565-Florida-Scrub-Jay-Matt_Zuro-USA-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611546565-Florida-Scrub-Jay-Matt_Zuro-USA-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611546565-Florida-Scrub-Jay-Matt_Zuro-USA-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611546565-Florida-Scrub-Jay-Matt_Zuro-USA-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611546565-Florida-Scrub-Jay-Matt_Zuro-USA.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Florida Scrub-Jays in Florida. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/611546565\">Matt Zuro \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622387193-Brolga-Martin_Anderson-Australia-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Two large grey birds and long legs and a long neck and bill, with touched of red on the head, stand together and one stretches back its large wings.\" class=\"wp-image-64902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622387193-Brolga-Martin_Anderson-Australia-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622387193-Brolga-Martin_Anderson-Australia-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622387193-Brolga-Martin_Anderson-Australia-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622387193-Brolga-Martin_Anderson-Australia-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622387193-Brolga-Martin_Anderson-Australia-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622387193-Brolga-Martin_Anderson-Australia-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622387193-Brolga-Martin_Anderson-Australia.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brolgas in Australia. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/622387193\">Martin Anderson \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612812569-Peruvian_Racket-tail-Daysy_Vera_Castro-Equador-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A bright green iridescent little bird with a long, thin bill, and two, long spoon-like tail feathers, sits in the moss with a butterfly perched on its head.\" class=\"wp-image-64903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612812569-Peruvian_Racket-tail-Daysy_Vera_Castro-Equador-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612812569-Peruvian_Racket-tail-Daysy_Vera_Castro-Equador-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612812569-Peruvian_Racket-tail-Daysy_Vera_Castro-Equador-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612812569-Peruvian_Racket-tail-Daysy_Vera_Castro-Equador-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612812569-Peruvian_Racket-tail-Daysy_Vera_Castro-Equador-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612812569-Peruvian_Racket-tail-Daysy_Vera_Castro-Equador-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612812569-Peruvian_Racket-tail-Daysy_Vera_Castro-Equador.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peruvian Racket-tail (with butterfly on head) in Ecuador. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/612812569\">Daysy Vera Castro \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/609934829-Eurasian_Blue-Tit-Jonas_Traber-Switzerland-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Two yellow and blue birds with a white face and dark stripe through the eye, perch on a horizontal piece of wood.\" class=\"wp-image-64900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/609934829-Eurasian_Blue-Tit-Jonas_Traber-Switzerland-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/609934829-Eurasian_Blue-Tit-Jonas_Traber-Switzerland-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/609934829-Eurasian_Blue-Tit-Jonas_Traber-Switzerland-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/609934829-Eurasian_Blue-Tit-Jonas_Traber-Switzerland-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/609934829-Eurasian_Blue-Tit-Jonas_Traber-Switzerland-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/609934829-Eurasian_Blue-Tit-Jonas_Traber-Switzerland-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/609934829-Eurasian_Blue-Tit-Jonas_Traber-Switzerland.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eurasian Blue Tits in Switzerland. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/609934829\">Jonas Traber \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612126598-Australasian_Gannet-Eamon_Riordan-Short-New_Zealand-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Two white and apricot birds with long necks, blue-ringed eyes, and a large pale blue bill, stand chest to chest and cross bills.\" class=\"wp-image-64898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612126598-Australasian_Gannet-Eamon_Riordan-Short-New_Zealand-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612126598-Australasian_Gannet-Eamon_Riordan-Short-New_Zealand-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612126598-Australasian_Gannet-Eamon_Riordan-Short-New_Zealand-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612126598-Australasian_Gannet-Eamon_Riordan-Short-New_Zealand-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612126598-Australasian_Gannet-Eamon_Riordan-Short-New_Zealand-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612126598-Australasian_Gannet-Eamon_Riordan-Short-New_Zealand-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612126598-Australasian_Gannet-Eamon_Riordan-Short-New_Zealand.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Australasian Gannets in New Zealand. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/612126598\">Eamon Riordan-Short \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/580716431-Cedar_Waxwing-Deborah_Bifulco-New_Jersey-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Two taupe and gray, crested birds with a black mask, one feeding the other a red berry, perch on a tree in the green woods.\" class=\"wp-image-64899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/580716431-Cedar_Waxwing-Deborah_Bifulco-New_Jersey-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/580716431-Cedar_Waxwing-Deborah_Bifulco-New_Jersey-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/580716431-Cedar_Waxwing-Deborah_Bifulco-New_Jersey-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/580716431-Cedar_Waxwing-Deborah_Bifulco-New_Jersey-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/580716431-Cedar_Waxwing-Deborah_Bifulco-New_Jersey-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/580716431-Cedar_Waxwing-Deborah_Bifulco-New_Jersey-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/580716431-Cedar_Waxwing-Deborah_Bifulco-New_Jersey.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cedar Waxwings in New Jersey. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/580716431\">Deborah Bifulco \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/248946621-NOrthern_Royal_Albatross-NZ-Oscar_Thomas-1280x544.jpg\" alt=\"A large white bird with gray wings taking off of a grassy hillside with a rainbow in the sky.\" class=\"wp-image-64919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/248946621-NOrthern_Royal_Albatross-NZ-Oscar_Thomas-1280x544.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/248946621-NOrthern_Royal_Albatross-NZ-Oscar_Thomas-720x306.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/248946621-NOrthern_Royal_Albatross-NZ-Oscar_Thomas-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/248946621-NOrthern_Royal_Albatross-NZ-Oscar_Thomas-1536x653.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/248946621-NOrthern_Royal_Albatross-NZ-Oscar_Thomas-480x204.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/248946621-NOrthern_Royal_Albatross-NZ-Oscar_Thomas.jpg 1975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Northern Royal Albatross in New Zealand. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/248946621\">Oscar Thomas \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"colors\">Colors of the Bird World<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos in the Macaulay Library archive run across the color spectrum of birds and their habitats, from pink to green to brown to blue, and beyond. The dominant hues in tens of millions of Macaulay Library photos help train the Merlin Bird ID app to identify bird species using people\u2019s perceptions of color. Thousands of generous photographers have empowered Merlin to serve as a global resource to connect people with birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612436392-Short-eared_Owl-Canada-Rakesh_Baro-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of an owl face, brown and beige patterned with yellow-beige eyes, flies towards the camera.\" class=\"wp-image-64932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612436392-Short-eared_Owl-Canada-Rakesh_Baro-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612436392-Short-eared_Owl-Canada-Rakesh_Baro-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612436392-Short-eared_Owl-Canada-Rakesh_Baro-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612436392-Short-eared_Owl-Canada-Rakesh_Baro-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612436392-Short-eared_Owl-Canada-Rakesh_Baro-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612436392-Short-eared_Owl-Canada-Rakesh_Baro-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612436392-Short-eared_Owl-Canada-Rakesh_Baro.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Short-eared Owl in Canada. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/612436392\">Rakesh Baro \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624850583-Harriss_Sparrow-USA-Kyle_Nelson-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Two beige, brown and black birds, stand camouflaged in a brown and beige bush.\" class=\"wp-image-64923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624850583-Harriss_Sparrow-USA-Kyle_Nelson-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624850583-Harriss_Sparrow-USA-Kyle_Nelson-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624850583-Harriss_Sparrow-USA-Kyle_Nelson-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624850583-Harriss_Sparrow-USA-Kyle_Nelson-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624850583-Harriss_Sparrow-USA-Kyle_Nelson-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624850583-Harriss_Sparrow-USA-Kyle_Nelson-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624850583-Harriss_Sparrow-USA-Kyle_Nelson.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Harris&#8217;s Sparrows in Minnesota. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/624850583\">Kyle Nelson \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1116\" height=\"837\" data-id=\"64918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624576839-Flock_Bronzewing-Australia-Jason_Vassallo.jpg\" alt=\"A flock of brown-chestnut birds with striped heads with beige or white and black striped heads, stand together close to the ground looking in the same direction.\" class=\"wp-image-64918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624576839-Flock_Bronzewing-Australia-Jason_Vassallo.jpg 1116w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624576839-Flock_Bronzewing-Australia-Jason_Vassallo-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624576839-Flock_Bronzewing-Australia-Jason_Vassallo-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624576839-Flock_Bronzewing-Australia-Jason_Vassallo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624576839-Flock_Bronzewing-Australia-Jason_Vassallo-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1116px) 100vw, 1116px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A flock of aptly named Flock Bronzewings in Australia. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/624576839\">Jason Vassallo \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/610743354-Jamess_Flamingo-Argentina-Marco_Fidalgo-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A large, coral, colored bird with long legs and a long neck, with large yellow and black bill, stands reflected in the water.\" class=\"wp-image-64920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/610743354-Jamess_Flamingo-Argentina-Marco_Fidalgo-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/610743354-Jamess_Flamingo-Argentina-Marco_Fidalgo-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/610743354-Jamess_Flamingo-Argentina-Marco_Fidalgo-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/610743354-Jamess_Flamingo-Argentina-Marco_Fidalgo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/610743354-Jamess_Flamingo-Argentina-Marco_Fidalgo-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/610743354-Jamess_Flamingo-Argentina-Marco_Fidalgo-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/610743354-Jamess_Flamingo-Argentina-Marco_Fidalgo.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James&#8217;s Flamingo in Argentina. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/610743354\">Marco Fidalgo \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612212528-Gray-crowned_Rosy-Finch-USA-Matt_Boley-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Small, rounded chocolate colored bird with a blush of pink on it's back side, a gray and black cap, and a small, dark yellow, conical bill, stands in brown grasses.\" class=\"wp-image-64921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612212528-Gray-crowned_Rosy-Finch-USA-Matt_Boley-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612212528-Gray-crowned_Rosy-Finch-USA-Matt_Boley-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612212528-Gray-crowned_Rosy-Finch-USA-Matt_Boley-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612212528-Gray-crowned_Rosy-Finch-USA-Matt_Boley-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612212528-Gray-crowned_Rosy-Finch-USA-Matt_Boley-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612212528-Gray-crowned_Rosy-Finch-USA-Matt_Boley-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612212528-Gray-crowned_Rosy-Finch-USA-Matt_Boley.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch in Wisconsin. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/612212528\">Matt Boley \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615462782-Asian_Houbara-UAE-Ivan_Sjogren-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A tall beige and grey bird, with black spotted markings, a long neck and legs, and yellow eye stands in gravel with pretty lavender, pink background.\" class=\"wp-image-64922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615462782-Asian_Houbara-UAE-Ivan_Sjogren-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615462782-Asian_Houbara-UAE-Ivan_Sjogren-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615462782-Asian_Houbara-UAE-Ivan_Sjogren-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615462782-Asian_Houbara-UAE-Ivan_Sjogren-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615462782-Asian_Houbara-UAE-Ivan_Sjogren-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615462782-Asian_Houbara-UAE-Ivan_Sjogren-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615462782-Asian_Houbara-UAE-Ivan_Sjogren.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Asian Houbara in the United Arab Emirates. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/615462782\">Ivan Sj\u00f6gren \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611826411-Bohemian_Waxwing-Poland-Lukasz_Haluch-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A taupe bird with a black mask and chin, russet-orange face and crest, and wings touched with white, yellow and red, stands on a branch against a pink, lavender sky.\" class=\"wp-image-64924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611826411-Bohemian_Waxwing-Poland-Lukasz_Haluch-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611826411-Bohemian_Waxwing-Poland-Lukasz_Haluch-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611826411-Bohemian_Waxwing-Poland-Lukasz_Haluch-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611826411-Bohemian_Waxwing-Poland-Lukasz_Haluch-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611826411-Bohemian_Waxwing-Poland-Lukasz_Haluch-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611826411-Bohemian_Waxwing-Poland-Lukasz_Haluch-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611826411-Bohemian_Waxwing-Poland-Lukasz_Haluch.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bohemian Waxwing in Poland. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/611826411\">Lukasz Haluch \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615494937-Swinhoes_White-eye-Tiawan-Ting-Wei_Hung-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A yellow bird with a white-gray chest and abdomen and white, black-bordered eyeting, stands on a branch in a pink-flowered tree.\" class=\"wp-image-64925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615494937-Swinhoes_White-eye-Tiawan-Ting-Wei_Hung-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615494937-Swinhoes_White-eye-Tiawan-Ting-Wei_Hung-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615494937-Swinhoes_White-eye-Tiawan-Ting-Wei_Hung-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615494937-Swinhoes_White-eye-Tiawan-Ting-Wei_Hung-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615494937-Swinhoes_White-eye-Tiawan-Ting-Wei_Hung-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615494937-Swinhoes_White-eye-Tiawan-Ting-Wei_Hung-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615494937-Swinhoes_White-eye-Tiawan-Ting-Wei_Hung.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Swinhoe&#8217;s White-eye in Taiwan. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/615494937\">Ting-Wei Hung\/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622769517-Glittering-bellied_Emerald-Brazil-Marky_Mutchler-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A brilliant, iridescent green and blue little bird with a black-tipped, red beak, and pointed wings, hovers in the air over lavender flowers.\" class=\"wp-image-64926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622769517-Glittering-bellied_Emerald-Brazil-Marky_Mutchler-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622769517-Glittering-bellied_Emerald-Brazil-Marky_Mutchler-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622769517-Glittering-bellied_Emerald-Brazil-Marky_Mutchler-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622769517-Glittering-bellied_Emerald-Brazil-Marky_Mutchler-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622769517-Glittering-bellied_Emerald-Brazil-Marky_Mutchler-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622769517-Glittering-bellied_Emerald-Brazil-Marky_Mutchler-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622769517-Glittering-bellied_Emerald-Brazil-Marky_Mutchler.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Glittering-bellied Emerald in Brazil. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/622769517\">Marky Mutchler \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/614856792-Brown-hooded_Parrot-Costa_Rica-Jean_Bonilla-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A bright green parrot with red and cobalt color patches on its wings, flies against a green background.\" class=\"wp-image-64929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/614856792-Brown-hooded_Parrot-Costa_Rica-Jean_Bonilla-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/614856792-Brown-hooded_Parrot-Costa_Rica-Jean_Bonilla-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/614856792-Brown-hooded_Parrot-Costa_Rica-Jean_Bonilla-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/614856792-Brown-hooded_Parrot-Costa_Rica-Jean_Bonilla-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/614856792-Brown-hooded_Parrot-Costa_Rica-Jean_Bonilla-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/614856792-Brown-hooded_Parrot-Costa_Rica-Jean_Bonilla-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/614856792-Brown-hooded_Parrot-Costa_Rica-Jean_Bonilla.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brown-hooded Parrot in Costa Rica. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/614856792\">Jean Bonilla \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615310815-Glossy_Black-Cockatoo-Australia-JJ_Harrison-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A dark-green, feathery bird with a wide, short bill, and a hidden red tail feather, perches on a fir tree\" class=\"wp-image-64930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615310815-Glossy_Black-Cockatoo-Australia-JJ_Harrison-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615310815-Glossy_Black-Cockatoo-Australia-JJ_Harrison-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615310815-Glossy_Black-Cockatoo-Australia-JJ_Harrison-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615310815-Glossy_Black-Cockatoo-Australia-JJ_Harrison-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615310815-Glossy_Black-Cockatoo-Australia-JJ_Harrison-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615310815-Glossy_Black-Cockatoo-Australia-JJ_Harrison-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/615310815-Glossy_Black-Cockatoo-Australia-JJ_Harrison.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Glossy Black-Cockatoo in Australia. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/615310815\">JJ Harrison \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612364390-Glossy_Ibis-India-Albin_Jacob-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"An iridescent, green bird with touches of chestnut and pink-gray, a long neck, bill and legs, flies against a gradient green sky.\" class=\"wp-image-64928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612364390-Glossy_Ibis-India-Albin_Jacob-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612364390-Glossy_Ibis-India-Albin_Jacob-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612364390-Glossy_Ibis-India-Albin_Jacob-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612364390-Glossy_Ibis-India-Albin_Jacob-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612364390-Glossy_Ibis-India-Albin_Jacob-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612364390-Glossy_Ibis-India-Albin_Jacob-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612364390-Glossy_Ibis-India-Albin_Jacob.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Glossy Ibis in India. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/612364390\">Anonymous \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611310762-Clarks_Nutcracker-Canada-Daniel_Gornall-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Gray, black and white bird, in the air, flying above a blue lake and snowy sedimentary mountains.\" class=\"wp-image-64927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611310762-Clarks_Nutcracker-Canada-Daniel_Gornall-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611310762-Clarks_Nutcracker-Canada-Daniel_Gornall-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611310762-Clarks_Nutcracker-Canada-Daniel_Gornall-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611310762-Clarks_Nutcracker-Canada-Daniel_Gornall-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611310762-Clarks_Nutcracker-Canada-Daniel_Gornall-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611310762-Clarks_Nutcracker-Canada-Daniel_Gornall-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/611310762-Clarks_Nutcracker-Canada-Daniel_Gornall.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clark&#8217;s Nutcracker in Canada. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/611310762\">Daniel Gornall \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619762338-BLue_Duck-New_Zealand-Max_Chalfin-Jacobs-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A beautiful steel blue duck with burgundy pattern on chest, yellow eye and pale, pink bill with a black, wide tip.\" class=\"wp-image-64934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619762338-BLue_Duck-New_Zealand-Max_Chalfin-Jacobs-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619762338-BLue_Duck-New_Zealand-Max_Chalfin-Jacobs-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619762338-BLue_Duck-New_Zealand-Max_Chalfin-Jacobs-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619762338-BLue_Duck-New_Zealand-Max_Chalfin-Jacobs-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619762338-BLue_Duck-New_Zealand-Max_Chalfin-Jacobs-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619762338-BLue_Duck-New_Zealand-Max_Chalfin-Jacobs-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619762338-BLue_Duck-New_Zealand-Max_Chalfin-Jacobs.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blue Duck in New Zealand. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/619762338\">Max Chalfin-Jacobs \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624877817-Bullers_Albatross-New_Zealand-Brendan_Tucker-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Striking close up of a silver-white-gray head of a bird on the water, with a large yellow and black bill.\" class=\"wp-image-64936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624877817-Bullers_Albatross-New_Zealand-Brendan_Tucker-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624877817-Bullers_Albatross-New_Zealand-Brendan_Tucker-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624877817-Bullers_Albatross-New_Zealand-Brendan_Tucker-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624877817-Bullers_Albatross-New_Zealand-Brendan_Tucker-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624877817-Bullers_Albatross-New_Zealand-Brendan_Tucker-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624877817-Bullers_Albatross-New_Zealand-Brendan_Tucker-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624877817-Bullers_Albatross-New_Zealand-Brendan_Tucker.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Buller&#8217;s Albatross in New Zealand. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/624877817\">Brendan Tucker \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621366950-Southern_Fulmar-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of white and gray birds on the water, bird closest has a pale-pink bill, black top and blue tube on top of bill.\" class=\"wp-image-64935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621366950-Southern_Fulmar-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621366950-Southern_Fulmar-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621366950-Southern_Fulmar-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621366950-Southern_Fulmar-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621366950-Southern_Fulmar-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621366950-Southern_Fulmar-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621366950-Southern_Fulmar-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Southern Fulmar (with royal albatrosses and Pintado Petrels) in New Zealand. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/621366950\">Oscar Thomas \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/613304060-Southern_Cassowary-Australia-Paul_Kessler-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A dinosaur looking bird with a large shaggy black feathered body, neck and face of blues with orange, pink and red touches, and a giant bony crest on head.\" class=\"wp-image-64933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/613304060-Southern_Cassowary-Australia-Paul_Kessler-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/613304060-Southern_Cassowary-Australia-Paul_Kessler-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/613304060-Southern_Cassowary-Australia-Paul_Kessler-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/613304060-Southern_Cassowary-Australia-Paul_Kessler-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/613304060-Southern_Cassowary-Australia-Paul_Kessler-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/613304060-Southern_Cassowary-Australia-Paul_Kessler-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/613304060-Southern_Cassowary-Australia-Paul_Kessler.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Southern Cassowary in Australia. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/613304060\">Paul Kessler \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612777662-Buff-banded_Rail-New_Zealand-David_Southall-2-1280x544.jpg\" alt=\"Three fluffy chicks follow a gray, black and brown striped bird with a chestnut face stripe and red eye.\" class=\"wp-image-64939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612777662-Buff-banded_Rail-New_Zealand-David_Southall-2-1280x544.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612777662-Buff-banded_Rail-New_Zealand-David_Southall-2-720x306.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612777662-Buff-banded_Rail-New_Zealand-David_Southall-2-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612777662-Buff-banded_Rail-New_Zealand-David_Southall-2-1536x653.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612777662-Buff-banded_Rail-New_Zealand-David_Southall-2-480x204.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612777662-Buff-banded_Rail-New_Zealand-David_Southall-2.jpg 1975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Buff-banded Rail and chicks in Australia. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/612777662\">David Southall \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"next-generation\">The Next Generation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Macaulay Library is full of images that feature bird families, parents and their young. Sometimes photos are contributed by scientists who take a pause from fieldwork to capture a stunning moment, as the intimate glimpse of a female whip-poor-will and its three-day-old chick uploaded by a University of Rhode Island master\u2019s student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621304695-Eurasian_Coot-India-Kalyan_Gantait-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A black bird with bright red eye and pale pink bill and forehead, sits in the grass with a red-faced chick in its wing.\" class=\"wp-image-64941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621304695-Eurasian_Coot-India-Kalyan_Gantait-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621304695-Eurasian_Coot-India-Kalyan_Gantait-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621304695-Eurasian_Coot-India-Kalyan_Gantait-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621304695-Eurasian_Coot-India-Kalyan_Gantait-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621304695-Eurasian_Coot-India-Kalyan_Gantait-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621304695-Eurasian_Coot-India-Kalyan_Gantait-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621304695-Eurasian_Coot-India-Kalyan_Gantait.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eurasian Coot in India. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/621304695\">Kalyan Gantait \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/126021641-New-Zealand-Grebe-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A brown and gray bird flaps while in the water and looks down onto a tiny black-and-white, stripe-faced chick.\" class=\"wp-image-64937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/126021641-New-Zealand-Grebe-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/126021641-New-Zealand-Grebe-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/126021641-New-Zealand-Grebe-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/126021641-New-Zealand-Grebe-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/126021641-New-Zealand-Grebe-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/126021641-New-Zealand-Grebe-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/126021641-New-Zealand-Grebe-New_Zealand-Oscar_Thomas.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New Zealand Grebe in New Zealand. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/126021641\">Oscar Thomas \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621895925-Green_Heron-Costa_Rica-Kayann_Cassidy-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A young, fluffy bird holds onto an older bird of dark green and brown with a long, sharp bill, long, yellow legs, and yellow eye.\" class=\"wp-image-64942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621895925-Green_Heron-Costa_Rica-Kayann_Cassidy-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621895925-Green_Heron-Costa_Rica-Kayann_Cassidy-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621895925-Green_Heron-Costa_Rica-Kayann_Cassidy-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621895925-Green_Heron-Costa_Rica-Kayann_Cassidy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621895925-Green_Heron-Costa_Rica-Kayann_Cassidy-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621895925-Green_Heron-Costa_Rica-Kayann_Cassidy-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621895925-Green_Heron-Costa_Rica-Kayann_Cassidy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Green Heron in Costa Rica. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/621895925\">Kayann Cassidy \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622282086-Piping_Plover-USA-Max_Kelly-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A small, white, fluffy chick with long, yellow legs, stands next to a plant.\" class=\"wp-image-64943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622282086-Piping_Plover-USA-Max_Kelly-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622282086-Piping_Plover-USA-Max_Kelly-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622282086-Piping_Plover-USA-Max_Kelly-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622282086-Piping_Plover-USA-Max_Kelly-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622282086-Piping_Plover-USA-Max_Kelly-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622282086-Piping_Plover-USA-Max_Kelly-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/622282086-Piping_Plover-USA-Max_Kelly.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Piping Plover in Illinois. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/622282086\">Max Kelly \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619957062-Hooded_Merganser-USA-Steve_Furcich-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A brown and beige fluffy chick falls through the air.\" class=\"wp-image-64940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619957062-Hooded_Merganser-USA-Steve_Furcich-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619957062-Hooded_Merganser-USA-Steve_Furcich-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619957062-Hooded_Merganser-USA-Steve_Furcich-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619957062-Hooded_Merganser-USA-Steve_Furcich-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619957062-Hooded_Merganser-USA-Steve_Furcich-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619957062-Hooded_Merganser-USA-Steve_Furcich.jpg 1413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hooded Merganser in Minnesota. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/619957062\">Steve Furcich \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/603046701-Eastern_Whip-poor-will-USA-Megan_Gray-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A gray and dark brown bird sits in the leaves with a fluffy, orange chick under its chin.\" class=\"wp-image-64938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/603046701-Eastern_Whip-poor-will-USA-Megan_Gray-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/603046701-Eastern_Whip-poor-will-USA-Megan_Gray-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/603046701-Eastern_Whip-poor-will-USA-Megan_Gray-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/603046701-Eastern_Whip-poor-will-USA-Megan_Gray-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/603046701-Eastern_Whip-poor-will-USA-Megan_Gray-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/603046701-Eastern_Whip-poor-will-USA-Megan_Gray-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/603046701-Eastern_Whip-poor-will-USA-Megan_Gray.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eastern Whip-poor-will in Rhode Island. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/603046701\">Megan Gray \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620591400-Brown_Bobby-USA-Ryan_Sanderson-1280x544.jpg\" alt=\"A brown bird with long, straight wings, flies while shaking water off its head.\" class=\"wp-image-64949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620591400-Brown_Bobby-USA-Ryan_Sanderson-1280x544.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620591400-Brown_Bobby-USA-Ryan_Sanderson-720x306.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620591400-Brown_Bobby-USA-Ryan_Sanderson-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620591400-Brown_Bobby-USA-Ryan_Sanderson-1536x653.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620591400-Brown_Bobby-USA-Ryan_Sanderson-480x204.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/620591400-Brown_Bobby-USA-Ryan_Sanderson.jpg 1975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Brown Booby makes a rare appearance in Indiana. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/620591400\">Ryan Sanderson \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"splash\">Making A Splash<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Birds flock to water in search of food and safety, while photographers flock to water for the birds it draws in, and the surprising ways water can bring still photographs to life. A photo of a vagrant Brown Booby in Indiana is all the more valuable to the Macaulay Library when it records an interesting behavior, such as a dog-like head shake following a dive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616372041-Roseate_Spoonbill-USA-Anne_Inga-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A pink bird with a long spoon-shaped bill and red eye, flaps and splashes in the water\" class=\"wp-image-64948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616372041-Roseate_Spoonbill-USA-Anne_Inga-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616372041-Roseate_Spoonbill-USA-Anne_Inga-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616372041-Roseate_Spoonbill-USA-Anne_Inga-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616372041-Roseate_Spoonbill-USA-Anne_Inga-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616372041-Roseate_Spoonbill-USA-Anne_Inga-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616372041-Roseate_Spoonbill-USA-Anne_Inga-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616372041-Roseate_Spoonbill-USA-Anne_Inga.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roseate Spoonbill in Florida. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/616372041\">Anne Inga \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/585793881-Red-necked_Grebe-Canada-Jeff_Dyck-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"Two birds with long russet-colored necks, flat black and white heads, and a long bill, sit low in the water with bills open.\" class=\"wp-image-64945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/585793881-Red-necked_Grebe-Canada-Jeff_Dyck-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/585793881-Red-necked_Grebe-Canada-Jeff_Dyck-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/585793881-Red-necked_Grebe-Canada-Jeff_Dyck-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/585793881-Red-necked_Grebe-Canada-Jeff_Dyck-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/585793881-Red-necked_Grebe-Canada-Jeff_Dyck-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/585793881-Red-necked_Grebe-Canada-Jeff_Dyck-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/585793881-Red-necked_Grebe-Canada-Jeff_Dyck.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Red-necked Grebe in Canada. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/585793881\">Jeff Dyck \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623659817-Flying_Steamer-Duck-Argentina-Dubi_Shapiro-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A brown and cream duck with an orange and black bill and orange wrists, splashes towards the camera.\" class=\"wp-image-64950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623659817-Flying_Steamer-Duck-Argentina-Dubi_Shapiro-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623659817-Flying_Steamer-Duck-Argentina-Dubi_Shapiro-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623659817-Flying_Steamer-Duck-Argentina-Dubi_Shapiro-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623659817-Flying_Steamer-Duck-Argentina-Dubi_Shapiro-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623659817-Flying_Steamer-Duck-Argentina-Dubi_Shapiro-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623659817-Flying_Steamer-Duck-Argentina-Dubi_Shapiro-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/623659817-Flying_Steamer-Duck-Argentina-Dubi_Shapiro.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flying Steamer-Duck in Argentina. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/623659817\">Dubi Shapiro \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612070312-Black_Oystercatcher-USA-Van_Pierszalowski-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A glossy black bird with a long, dark-orange bill, eyering and yellow eye, flaps in the surf.\" class=\"wp-image-64946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612070312-Black_Oystercatcher-USA-Van_Pierszalowski-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612070312-Black_Oystercatcher-USA-Van_Pierszalowski-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612070312-Black_Oystercatcher-USA-Van_Pierszalowski-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612070312-Black_Oystercatcher-USA-Van_Pierszalowski-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612070312-Black_Oystercatcher-USA-Van_Pierszalowski-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612070312-Black_Oystercatcher-USA-Van_Pierszalowski-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/612070312-Black_Oystercatcher-USA-Van_Pierszalowski.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black Oystercatcher in California. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/612070312\">Van Pierszalowski \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/395729061-Snowy_Egret-USA-Barbara_Swanson-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A tall, white, feathery bird, with long black legs and yellow feet, a large black bill, and white crest, flaps its wings and runs through the water.\" class=\"wp-image-64944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/395729061-Snowy_Egret-USA-Barbara_Swanson-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/395729061-Snowy_Egret-USA-Barbara_Swanson-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/395729061-Snowy_Egret-USA-Barbara_Swanson-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/395729061-Snowy_Egret-USA-Barbara_Swanson-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/395729061-Snowy_Egret-USA-Barbara_Swanson-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/395729061-Snowy_Egret-USA-Barbara_Swanson-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/395729061-Snowy_Egret-USA-Barbara_Swanson.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Snowy Egret in California. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/395729061\">Barbara Swanson \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616058923-Bar-tailed_Godwit-Australia-Ian_Mo-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A brown, russet, and beige colored bird with a long pink-grey bill, scoops water over its head.\" class=\"wp-image-64947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616058923-Bar-tailed_Godwit-Australia-Ian_Mo-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616058923-Bar-tailed_Godwit-Australia-Ian_Mo-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616058923-Bar-tailed_Godwit-Australia-Ian_Mo-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616058923-Bar-tailed_Godwit-Australia-Ian_Mo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616058923-Bar-tailed_Godwit-Australia-Ian_Mo-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616058923-Bar-tailed_Godwit-Australia-Ian_Mo-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/616058923-Bar-tailed_Godwit-Australia-Ian_Mo.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bar-tailed Godwit in Australia. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/616058923\">Ian Mo \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624119762-Taliabu_Bush_Warbler-James_Eaton-Indonesia-1280x544.jpg\" alt=\"A dark grey and brown, little bird, perched on a mossy, fern covered, forest branch.\" class=\"wp-image-64906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624119762-Taliabu_Bush_Warbler-James_Eaton-Indonesia-1280x544.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624119762-Taliabu_Bush_Warbler-James_Eaton-Indonesia-720x306.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624119762-Taliabu_Bush_Warbler-James_Eaton-Indonesia-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624119762-Taliabu_Bush_Warbler-James_Eaton-Indonesia-1536x653.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624119762-Taliabu_Bush_Warbler-James_Eaton-Indonesia-480x204.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624119762-Taliabu_Bush_Warbler-James_Eaton-Indonesia.jpg 1975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Taliabu Bush Warbler in the northern Maluku Islands, Indonesia. This is one of only eight images of this species in the Macaulay Library archive. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/624119762\">James Eaton \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rarities\">Rarities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Macaulay Library contains photos of more than 10,000 bird species, yet photographers are continually adding new-to-the-archive species\u2014such as an image of a rarely photographed bush warbler from the remote Indonesian island of Taliabu, and a recently rediscovered sabrewing species in Colombia\u2019s Santa Marta mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619550413-Tachira_Antpitta-David_Ascanio-Venezuela-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A small, chocolate brown bird stands on a mossy tree in the forest.\" class=\"wp-image-64908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619550413-Tachira_Antpitta-David_Ascanio-Venezuela-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619550413-Tachira_Antpitta-David_Ascanio-Venezuela-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619550413-Tachira_Antpitta-David_Ascanio-Venezuela-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619550413-Tachira_Antpitta-David_Ascanio-Venezuela-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619550413-Tachira_Antpitta-David_Ascanio-Venezuela-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619550413-Tachira_Antpitta-David_Ascanio-Venezuela-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/619550413-Tachira_Antpitta-David_Ascanio-Venezuela.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Tachira Antpitta was a \u201clost species\u201d for many years until recently rediscovered in southern T\u00e1chira, Venezuela. <br> <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/619550413\">David Ascanio \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624894441-Santa_Marta_Sabrewing-Elquin-Toro-Colombia-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A bright, iridescent green and blue little bird with a long, black bill, perches on a small branch.\" class=\"wp-image-64907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624894441-Santa_Marta_Sabrewing-Elquin-Toro-Colombia-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624894441-Santa_Marta_Sabrewing-Elquin-Toro-Colombia-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624894441-Santa_Marta_Sabrewing-Elquin-Toro-Colombia-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624894441-Santa_Marta_Sabrewing-Elquin-Toro-Colombia-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624894441-Santa_Marta_Sabrewing-Elquin-Toro-Colombia-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624894441-Santa_Marta_Sabrewing-Elquin-Toro-Colombia-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/624894441-Santa_Marta_Sabrewing-Elquin-Toro-Colombia.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Santa Marta Sabrewing is a rare hummingbird that lives only in a small mountainous area in the north of Colombia. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/624894441\">Elquin Toro \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"64909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621397400-Mussau_Triller-Jonathan_Bergmark-Papua_New_Guniea-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white bird with an orange underside, perches on a thin branch.\" class=\"wp-image-64909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621397400-Mussau_Triller-Jonathan_Bergmark-Papua_New_Guniea-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621397400-Mussau_Triller-Jonathan_Bergmark-Papua_New_Guniea-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621397400-Mussau_Triller-Jonathan_Bergmark-Papua_New_Guniea-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621397400-Mussau_Triller-Jonathan_Bergmark-Papua_New_Guniea-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621397400-Mussau_Triller-Jonathan_Bergmark-Papua_New_Guniea-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621397400-Mussau_Triller-Jonathan_Bergmark-Papua_New_Guniea-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/621397400-Mussau_Triller-Jonathan_Bergmark-Papua_New_Guniea.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Mussau Triller lives on the small island of Mussau in Papua New Guinea, a biodiversity hotspot with pristine primeval rainforest. The triller depends on undisturbed forest and is vulnerable to extensive logging operations on the island. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/621397400\">Joshua Bergmark \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/19796353-Snow_Bunting-Alaska-Miles_Brengle-1280x544.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white bird with uplifted wings and a small, conical bill, stands on a hill of ice.\" class=\"wp-image-64957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/19796353-Snow_Bunting-Alaska-Miles_Brengle-1280x544.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/19796353-Snow_Bunting-Alaska-Miles_Brengle-720x306.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/19796353-Snow_Bunting-Alaska-Miles_Brengle-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/19796353-Snow_Bunting-Alaska-Miles_Brengle-1536x653.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/19796353-Snow_Bunting-Alaska-Miles_Brengle-480x204.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/19796353-Snow_Bunting-Alaska-Miles_Brengle.jpg 1975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Snow Bunting in Alaska. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/619796353\">Miles Brengle \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"thanks\">Thank You<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A global resource, the Macaulay Library\u2019s collection of natural history media is made possible thanks to the dedication, passion, and generosity of birders around the world. Every photo, video, and audio recording you share deepens our understanding of birds, their behavior, and conservation needs. Your work not only documents the beauty of birds and wildlife, it also serves as an invaluable resource for scientists, educators, and nature enthusiasts around the world. This year\u2019s \u201cBest of Macaulay Library\u201d collection is a celebration of your commitment to capturing the magic of the natural world and sharing it with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright sidebar-space order-bottom\"><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code -->\r\n<span class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\" id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-096b8ce3-0e2d-46c5-bbf7-12de3323c8da\">\r\n    <span class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-096b8ce3-0e2d-46c5-bbf7-12de3323c8da\" id=\"hs-cta-096b8ce3-0e2d-46c5-bbf7-12de3323c8da\">\r\n        <!--[if lte IE 8]><div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div><![endif]-->\r\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/95627\/096b8ce3-0e2d-46c5-bbf7-12de3323c8da\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" id=\"hs-cta-img-096b8ce3-0e2d-46c5-bbf7-12de3323c8da\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/95627\/096b8ce3-0e2d-46c5-bbf7-12de3323c8da.png\"  alt=\"subscribe to Living Bird magazine\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\r\n    <\/span>\r\n    <script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script>\r\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n        hbspt.cta.load(95627, '096b8ce3-0e2d-46c5-bbf7-12de3323c8da', {});\r\n    <\/script>\r\n<\/span>\r\n<!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code -->\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, your contributions helped to train a new Merlin Bird ID photo identification model\u2014a feature that helps millions of people around the world identify birds in photos. Media from the archive were used in several scientific studies, from new plumage descriptions, to range revisions, to taxonomic splits. This library, and its growth to over 67 million photos and nearly 2.5 million audio recordings, continues to provide endless inspiration and awe for nature lovers around the world. From all of us at the Macaulay Library and Cornell Lab of Ornithology, thank you for helping share the story of birds and wildlife, one upload at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-6 is-cropped is-style-default equal-grid wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ascanio_David-111477731-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling man with backwards baseball cap.\" class=\"wp-image-64960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ascanio_David-111477731-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ascanio_David-111477731-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Ascanio \/ Venezuela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bergmark_Joshua-203432331-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling man with green hat and a large, dark-green parrot on shoulder.\" class=\"wp-image-64961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bergmark_Joshua-203432331-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bergmark_Joshua-203432331-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joshua Bergmark \/ Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bifulco_Deborah-85865911-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Woman with a baseball cap, looks into a camera with a large lens, looking at photographer..\" class=\"wp-image-64962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bifulco_Deborah-85865911-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bifulco_Deborah-85865911-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Deborah Bifulco \/ U.S.A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bonilla_Jean-186147321-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Man with camo baseball hat looking through a camera with a large lens, in the forest.\" class=\"wp-image-64958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bonilla_Jean-186147321-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bonilla_Jean-186147321-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean Bonilla \/ Costa Rica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"65145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Castro-Daysy_Vera-608825318.jpg\" alt=\"A long, brown-haired woman stands with mountains in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-65145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Castro-Daysy_Vera-608825318.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Castro-Daysy_Vera-608825318-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daysy Vera Castro \/ Ecuador<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chalfin-Jacobs_Max-333788741-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Young man with puffer jacket and binoculars, in the woods.\" class=\"wp-image-64959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chalfin-Jacobs_Max-333788741-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chalfin-Jacobs_Max-333788741-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Max Chalfin-Jacobs \/ U.S.A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cotter-Beau_622712864-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Young man smiling at the camera with lily-pad filled pond in background.\" class=\"wp-image-64965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cotter-Beau_622712864-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cotter-Beau_622712864-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beau Cotter \/ U.S.A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Eaton_James-363402371-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Bearded man with beanie smiles at camera, tundra in background.\" class=\"wp-image-64966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Eaton_James-363402371-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Eaton_James-363402371-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Eaton \/ Malaysia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fidalgo-Marco-605599681-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Man looking though a camera with a large lens.\" class=\"wp-image-64967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fidalgo-Marco-605599681-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fidalgo-Marco-605599681-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marco Fidalgo \/ Argentina. @mf_aves_y_naturaleza on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fine-Jodhan-614123081-TY-.jpg\" alt=\"Young, smiling, man with red T-shirt and lake in background.\" class=\"wp-image-64968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fine-Jodhan-614123081-TY-.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fine-Jodhan-614123081-TY--240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jodhan Fine \/ U.S.A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gray_Megan-1.jpg\" alt=\"Young woman in baseball cap and jacket, smiles at the camera and holds a bird.\" class=\"wp-image-64982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gray_Megan-1.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gray_Megan-1-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Megan Gray \/ U.S.A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Haluch_Lukasz-373716961-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Short-haired man in khaki green T-shirt with binoculars.\" class=\"wp-image-64970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Haluch_Lukasz-373716961-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Haluch_Lukasz-373716961-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lukasz Haluch \/ Poland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Kelly_Max-601679831-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling man in blue beanie and owl exhibit behind him.\" class=\"wp-image-64971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Kelly_Max-601679831-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Kelly_Max-601679831-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Max Kelly \/ U.S.A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Legare-Vezina_-Maxime-613934853-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Dark-haired man with neat haircut and beard stands in waist-high water and holds a ridiculously large-lensed camera.\" class=\"wp-image-64972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Legare-Vezina_-Maxime-613934853-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Legare-Vezina_-Maxime-613934853-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maxime  L\u00e9gar\u00e9-V\u00e9zina \/ France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"65146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Multcher_Marky-49134398.jpg\" alt=\"Woman with sunglasses and beanie that says &quot;eBird.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-65146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Multcher_Marky-49134398.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Multcher_Marky-49134398-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marky Mutchler \/ Ecuador<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"65179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/best-of-ml-Van-Pierszalowski-1.33.jpg\" alt=\"closeup of smiling man with gray water and rock in background\" class=\"wp-image-65179\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Van Pierszalowski \/ U.S.A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Polanski_Isaac-619856792-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Young man in blue baseball cap smiles at camera, with tornado in far distance.\" class=\"wp-image-64975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Polanski_Isaac-619856792-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Polanski_Isaac-619856792-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Isaac Polanski \/ U.S.A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Riordan-Short_Eamon-613053991-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Man with beanie smiles at camera with body of water in background.\" class=\"wp-image-64976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Riordan-Short_Eamon-613053991-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Riordan-Short_Eamon-613053991-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eamon Riordan-Short \/ Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Saulnier_Rain-355489261-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Man with a backwards baseball cam, chartreuse jacket and binoculars, stands with a mountain lake background.\" class=\"wp-image-64963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Saulnier_Rain-355489261-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Saulnier_Rain-355489261-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rain Saulnier \/ Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shapiro_Dubi-200219481-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling man with a jacket and backpack.\" class=\"wp-image-64964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shapiro_Dubi-200219481-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shapiro_Dubi-200219481-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dubi Shapiro \/ Israel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Southall_David-103712211-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling man with baseball cap and blue jacket.\" class=\"wp-image-64978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Southall_David-103712211-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Southall_David-103712211-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Southall \/ Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Thomas_Oscar-302911811-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Red-haired young man with blue jacket and plaid shirt.\" class=\"wp-image-64979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Thomas_Oscar-302911811-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Thomas_Oscar-302911811-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oscar Thomas \/ New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Toro_Elquin-616855396-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Bearded man with glasses and wide-brimmed cap, stands in the woods with a large-lensed camera, and another man in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-64980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Toro_Elquin-616855396-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Toro_Elquin-616855396-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elquin Toro \/ Colombia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Tucker_Brendan-469652251-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Young man in plaid shirt, looks to the side.\" class=\"wp-image-64981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Tucker_Brendan-469652251-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Tucker_Brendan-469652251-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brendan Tucker \/ Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Vassallo_Jason-620159581-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Man with gray T-shirt and binoculars stands with mountainous forest in background.\" class=\"wp-image-64983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Vassallo_Jason-620159581-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Vassallo_Jason-620159581-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jason Vassallo \/ U.S.A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" data-id=\"64977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Zuro_Matt-527653811-TY.jpg\" alt=\"Man with baseball cap and longish hair looks through the camera lens, faces the photographer and is almost hidden behind large camera lens\" class=\"wp-image-64977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Zuro_Matt-527653811-TY.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Zuro_Matt-527653811-TY-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Matt Zuro \/ U.S.A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"article-list card-display carousel card-four \"><h2 class=\"article-list-header\">More Best of Macaulay Library<\/h2><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/macaulay-library-best-bird-photos-2026\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Purple-Sandpiper-by-Maceo-Susi-630247504-4-3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Purple-Sandpiper-by-Maceo-Susi-630247504-4-3-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Purple-Sandpiper-by-Maceo-Susi-630247504-4-3-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Purple-Sandpiper-by-Maceo-Susi-630247504-4-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Purple-Sandpiper-by-Maceo-Susi-630247504-4-3-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Purple-Sandpiper-by-Maceo-Susi-630247504-4-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"bird flying against ocean waves\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/macaulay-library-best-bird-photos-2026\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Macaulay Library\u2019s Best Bird Photos 2026<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/macaulay-librarys-best-bird-photos-2024\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/533825071-Crested_Caracara-Ethan_Rising-FI-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/533825071-Crested_Caracara-Ethan_Rising-FI-2-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/533825071-Crested_Caracara-Ethan_Rising-FI-2-240x180.jpg 240w, 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