These photographs show how the bird dives into the water with its wings open, and uses transparent eyelids to protect it from the water. A kingfisher about to break the water in a river for its prey.

Stacie Birky Greene’s relationship with birds started as a kid, growing up on a farm with ducks and chickens. Years later, she was listening to a story on NPR about the use of pesticides in a village ...

If your bird feeder is still new, sprinkling the bird seed on the ground rather than just inside will make a big difference to your local birds.