You'll be amazed by the ways desert birds survive and thrive in dry country. Learn about the bird species that live in ...

When I arrived at the desert field station and stepped out onto the gravel, I was hit all at once by the heat, the quiet, and a thrilling sight: a slender jet-black bird, perched on a twisted tree.

The Southwest's desert rivers harbor a uniquely adapted population of bald eagles known as desert nesting bald eagles — geographically, behaviorally, and even biologically different from other ...

Desert nesting bald eagles are smaller than other bald eagles, weighing about three-quarters of what California eagles weigh and even less in proportion to Alaskan bald eagles. HABITAT: Desert nesters ...