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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

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