The Common Grackle – A medium-sized blackbird whose plumage is black, and has a sheen that is glossy and iridescent. Common Grackles range over almost all of eastern North America east of the Rockies, ...

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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

“The world is designed for sighted people, but nature is a place where it’s okay to be blind,” said Donna Posont, founder of Birding by Ear and Beyond. Jerusalem Crawley grew up in Detroit, where he ...