Birds

Birds are among the easiest wild animals to watch for yourself. Each pick here is chosen for something you can learn to notice in the field, such as a display, a feeding technique or a call.

Related guide: A beginner's bird-observation checklist and field-notes template

• A crowned eagle hunts bats

  BBC Earth

  Birds

  • Predation
• A hornbill feeds his sealed-in mate

  BBC Earth

  Birds

• A million flamingos in the Great Rift

  BBC Earth

  Birds · Habitats

• A penguin escapes a leopard seal

  BBC Earth

  Oceans · Birds

  • Predation
• A puffin brings fish home

  BBC Earth

  Birds · Oceans

• An Arctic fox raids a snow goose colony

  BBC Earth

  Wildlife · Birds

  • Predation
• Birds of paradise display in New Guinea

  BBC Earth

  Birds

• Flamingos gather at Lake Bogoria

  BBC Earth

  Birds · Habitats

• Golden eagles hunt cranes over the Himalaya

  BBC Earth

  Birds

  • Predation
• Male albatrosses that pair up

  BBC Earth

  Birds

• Snowy owl chicks learn to fly

  BBC Earth

  Birds

  • Predation
• Southern cassowaries in Australia's rainforest

  BBC Earth

  Birds · Conservation

• Teaching northern bald ibises to migrate

  BBC Earth

  Birds · Conservation

• The sword-billed hummingbird

  BBC Earth

  Birds

• Vampire finches of the Galapagos

  BBC Earth

  Birds

  • Injury
• Young kea at play

  BBC Earth

  Birds

• A blue jay caches seeds for winter

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds

• A northern waterthrush bobbing on the forest floor

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds

• A pied flycatcher chick's first flight

  RSPB

  Birds

• A rare Montagu's harrier family

  RSPB

  Birds · Conservation

• A red-breasted nuthatch with an unusually long bill

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds

• A spot-crowned barbet up close

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds

• A white-throated sparrow at the feeders

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds

• A wood stork climbs down a tree at night

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds

• Albatross parents swap incubation shifts

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds

• Albatrosses defend their courting spot

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds

• America's two pelicans and their different hunting styles

  Cornell Lab of Ornithology

  Birds

  • Predation
• An albatross builds its nest

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds

• An albatross lays her egg as the Royal Cam season begins

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds

• Bearded tits in a reedbed

  RSPB

  Birds

• Blue jays sorting through peanuts

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds

• Gardening to help birds at home

  Cornell Lab of Ornithology

  Birds · Conservation

• Great animal migrations, from penguins to crabs

  BBC Earth

  Wildlife · Birds

  • Predation
• Is it safe to feed garden birds?

  RSPB

  Birds · Conservation

• Pine grosbeaks cracking seeds

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds

• Pink-footed geese arrive for the winter

  RSPB

  Birds

• Protecting Rathlin Island's seabird colony

  RSPB

  Birds · Conservation

• Sunset over a bird-feeder pond

  Cornell Lab Bird Cams

  Birds · Habitats

• The everyday lives of remarkable birds

  BBC Earth

  Birds

  • Predation
• What citizen science reveals about window collisions

  Cornell Lab of Ornithology

  Birds · Conservation

• Wildlife across Asia, from mountain passes to coral reefs

  BBC Earth

  Wildlife · Birds · Oceans

  • Predation