Birds | UC Davis

Red-tailed hawk landing on a green perch, wings fully spread inside an aviary

What Molting Hawks Can Teach Researchers About Resilient Flight

by Jessica Heath
June 26, 2026

Young swallow fledgling sitting on gritty threshold under a painted wooden door

A Baby Bird’s Wishlist: Mild Weather, Attentive Parents, Not Being the Smallest Sibling

by Liana Wait
May 11, 2026

Two people in green suits walking on icy terrain alongside a line of dead skuas, which are seabirds.

H5N1 Causes Die-off of Antarctic Skuas, a Seabird

by Kat Kerlin
February 05, 2026

Birder Julian Johnson with spotting scope at treatment plant pond and grassland

Julian Johnson’s Big Year of Birding

by Kat Kerlin
January 27, 2026

Hugh Safford stands with back to camera, hands on hips, overlooking mountains and forests searching for Jeffrey pine

An Extreme Tree Hunt in the Sierra Nevada

by Kat Kerlin
November 10, 2025

A young songbird, the great tit, with yellow, white and black markings, pushes a red sliding door to the left of a white box while two other birds watch.

These Songbirds Learn More From Siblings Than From Parents

by Kat Kerlin
October 09, 2025

Great Egret rests atop solar panels over water with grass and trees in background

Helping Birds and Floating Solar Energy Coexist

by Kat Kerlin
May 12, 2025

A bird with a golden yellow head and body and black wings sits on a branch among small black berries.

Can Citizen Science Be Trusted? New Study of Birds Shows It Can

by Liana Wait
April 15, 2025

A quail walks among rows of kale seedlings

Little Birds, Little Poops, Little Food Safety Risk

by Kat Kerlin
January 21, 2025

Three black phoebe chicks are nestled in a soft cloth blue bag. (Amy Quinton/UC Davis)

Black Phoebe Project Aims to Protect Bird Species from Urban Sprawl

by Amy M Quinton
August 19, 2024

Western bluebird on tree branch

Heat Waves Harm Bird Reproduction on Agricultural Lands

by Tiffany Dobbyn
October 19, 2023

Ibis stand besides plates of food and water in an enclosed wildlife care facility

Efforts Intensify To Assist Avian Botulism-Affected Birds At Tulare Lake

by California Department of Fish and Wildife/ Oiled Wildlife Care Network
September 09, 2023

A black-cheeked woodpecker sits in tree with natural cavity in its trunk in Ecuador

Deforestation Limits Nesting Habitat for Cavity-Nesting Birds

by Tiffany Dobbyn
August 23, 2023

Table with rows of preserved bird specimens for wildlife biology class

Owl or Nothing: Learning 300 Birds in 10 Weeks

by Malia Reiss
February 08, 2023

Two young tree swallows look out of hole in nestbox hanging from tree

Climate Change Presents a Mismatch for Songbirds’ Breeding Season

by Kat Kerlin
January 17, 2023

Stock image of gulls in flight against a light blue sky

Engineers Study Bird Flight

by Andy Fell
September 06, 2022

Barn swallow on a hand looking at camera with background of strawberry packing boxes

Bringing Out the Best in Wild Birds on Farms

by Kat Kerlin
February 23, 2022

Field of lettuce in California with mountains in background

Researchers Pinpoint Which Bird Species Pose Food Safety Risk to Crops

by Emily Dooley
January 05, 2022

A long-tailed manakin bird, with a blue back and bright red on the top of its head, sits on a branch in Costa Rica.

Deforestation and Climate Change Threaten the Most Beloved Wild Birds

by UC Davis News and Media Relations
October 07, 2020

yellow warbler on human hand

Natural Habitat Around Farms a Win for Strawberry Growers, Birds and Consumers

by Kat Kerlin
March 11, 2020

Little Creek, Big Impact

by Kat Kerlin
March 14, 2018

Climate Change and Habitat Conversion Combine to Homogenize Nature

by Kat Kerlin
August 18, 2017

Rebecca Calisi is using pigeons to study differences between the sexes.

Pigeon Study Takes on Sexism in Science

by Andy Fell
April 18, 2017

Using Urban Pigeons to Monitor Lead Pollution

by Andy Fell
July 19, 2016

UC Davis Valentine’s Day Experts, News Tips for Media

by Karen Nikos-Rose
February 10, 2016

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