I love spring … the colors, the smell, the sounds of singing birds. After a winter of gray skies, white landscapes and no smells — I just love spring. I am fortunate enough to spend a ...

The Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero received a bonded pair of hyacinth macaws for its new Cerrado Aviaries Exhibit opening on Jan. 18, 2025. The bright blue parrots, which are the largest species of ...

Because birds respond to bright colors like humans do, scientists long assumed that they process the color spectra in a similar way. But birds can actually see UV light, which humans can't ...

Often taken for granted, the brightly plumaged male summer tanager is one of the more spectacular breeding birds of North America. The uniform bloodred feathers seen against a bright green ...

The striking rose-breasted grosbeak is a common bird of wooded habitats across much of eastern and midwestern North America. Singing from the canopy of a deciduous forest, even a brightly colored ...

An exciting new exhibit is coming to Atascadero’s zoo, bringing with it some new brightly colored feathered friends ... classic image of the long-billed bird. With their big, colorful beaks ...