Featured Galleries: Birds of The Morton Arboretum

Trees are critical to birds’ survival by providing food and shelter, so it’s no surprise that a wide array of birds can be found at The Morton Arboretum. View this gallery to discover lists of birds spotted at the Arboretum, stunning images, and stories of our winged friends.

Great Blue Heron perched on branch

Puffer Lake with heron looking left

Birds of The Morton Arboretum

The Brooding of Bubo

Red-winged blackbird perched on tree branch

Birds of The Morton Arboretum

A Finding List of the Birds of The Morton Arboretum

Eastern Meadowlark

A List of Plants to Attract Birds as Recommended by E.L. Kammerer, Curator of Collections, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois in his lecture given at Longwood Gardens, March 16, 1960

Berries for the Birds

Red-winged blackbird perched on Angelica atropurpurea L. (great angelica) in Schulenberg Prairie

Talking Turkey

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Wild Turkey-watching

Owl in tree hollow

Birds: Can They Affect Forest Tree Composition?

The Return of the Bluebirds

Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) on branch in tree

Birds, Fruit Color, and Plant Distribution

The Bird and the Pine

Bird's eggs in nest

The Unexpected Drop-In

The Morton Arboretum Newsletter, Spring 1975

Male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) on plant in Puffer Lake

I Envy the Goose

Alfred Etter observing ducks & geese on Arbor Lake in winter

Alfred Etter feeding geese on frozen Arbor Lake

Where Eagles Sleep

Notes on Overwintering Bird Populations

Christmas Bird Census, 1965

Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) walking in grassy field

Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) in flight

The Lookout

Diospyros virginiana L. (persimmon), upper branches with fruit

The Graduate Birder

Chris Whelan and two others with binoculars in the field for bird study

Research intern banding a bird for Chris Whelan bird population study

April 2015: Bird Watching

Mark Catesby, Founder of American Ornithology: An essay to celebrate the acquisition of his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (3rd edition, 1771) by the Sterling Morton Library

Mark Catesby, Founder of American Ornithology: An essay to celebrate the acquisition of his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (3rd edition, 1771) by the Sterling Morton Library