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Explore the wilderness with us… This week we share the “golden wilderness”! The rich colors and textures of the wild can never be replaced or surpassed. Within the next 10-15 years we will see the last-remaining wilderness area on earth dominated by the demands of growing human populations and undermined by accelerated climate change. When…

Every week we are astonished by the breathtaking beauty of the birds of the world! Up until recently very few people had access to a telescope or pair of binoculars that could actually focus on and see small birds and animals at a distance. The earliest naturalists were all hunters and collectors with a sling…

Contingas, pardalotes, whydahs, eremomelas, camaroptera and cutias… Taxonomists are not good at coming up with easy-to-remember bird names. This is especially true for the rarest, remotest and often most beautiful birds whose ancestors were not named by local English-speaking peoples. As a result most of the over 10,000 bird species on earth have difficult unpronounceable names.…

Birds make us notice the little details and take the time to really appreciate nature. They have been doing it for millions of years and we have a lot to learn from them. There are many small treasures in the collection of wild bird photographs submitted by passionate photographers around the world. I cannot imagine…

When you sit back in your chair at the computer and imagine a relaxing tranquil place you could go to get away from the stresses of modern life, you invariable hear bird song along with the running water, rustling grass, and wind in the leaves… Birds are the theme song of the wilderness announcing every…

Birds really do show us that we are ONE PLANET and share everything from ancestry, to space, food, water, weather, oceans and landscapes. We need to stop turning a blind eye to the ongoing wild-caught bird trade around the world and recognize the amazing lives of these masters of the sky and ancestors of the…

Join the Wild Bird Revolution! Be the first to introduce your friends, family and colleagues to the freedom and splendor of birds in the wild! The vibrant colors, fine feathers, and sparkling eyes are all crystal clear. Advances in digital photography have given us the opportunity to capture the beauty and freedom of birds in the wild…

Join the Wild Bird Revolution! Be the first to introduce your friends, family and colleagues to the freedom and splendor of birds in the wild! The vibrant colors, fine feathers, and sparkling eyes are all crystal clear. Advances in digital photography have given us the opportunity to capture the beauty and freedom of birds in the wild…

A life-changing experience! Wild, free-living birds are ambassadors of the natural habitat they depend upon. Some stay home and some fly across the globe between seasons. Some really big, some really tiny. An astounding diversity of color, function, grace, power and creativity that can only come from millions of years of mastering life on earth,…

Advances in digital photography have given us the opportunity to capture the beauty and freedom of birds in the wild like never before. In January 2011, the Wild Bird Trust set up a Facebook page with the intention of celebrating free flight and birds in the wild from around the world. Here are the “Top 25 Wild…

Advances in digital photography have given us the opportunity to capture the beauty and freedom of birds in the wild like never before. In January 2011, the Wild Bird Trust set up a Facebook page with the intention of celebrating free flight and birds in the wild from around the world. Here are the “Top 25 Wild…