Birds

Exhibitions

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Hall of Birds

A rare opportunity to get up close with hundreds of species of birds

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Events

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Thu

07

Dec

Children and adult meeting a desert tortoise

Meet a Live Animal

Tours & Shows Family

3 pm

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Fri

08

Dec

Meet a Live Animal

Tours & Shows Family

3 pm

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Sat

09

Dec

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Nature Gardens Exploration

Special Program All Ages

11 am

Drop by the Nature Gardens to explore the wildlife that calls LA home. Topics vary daily.

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Sat

09

Dec

Meet a Live Animal

Tours & Shows Family

3 pm

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Sun

10

Dec

Nature Gardens Exploration

Special Program All Ages

11 am

Drop by the Nature Gardens to explore the wildlife that calls LA home. Topics vary daily.

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Stories

Elephant Hill Community Nature Celebration and Habitat Survey

Join community members and scientists, Saturday, October 14, to celebrate and study nature on Elephant Hill, an open space in North East L.A. valuable to humans and wildlife.

Welcome to the 2023 LA BioBlitz Challenge

Help discover the incredible biodiversity all over Los Angeles!

Wildfire Smoke and Birds

A Q&A with Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot, Director of Project Phoenix

Nature Gardens Turn 10

A look back—and forward–at all the nature thriving in NHM’s Nature Gardens.

Allen's hummingbird gorget magnified at 100x

There's a Feather for That

Bird Curator Allison Shultz lays out the surprising powers of plumage and how understanding feathers helps humans—and helps humans to help birds.

Year of the Rabbit

Celebrate the 2023 Lunar New Year with highlights from the collection

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Red-tailed Hawk in Cedar Creek smoke - 2 cropped(

Project Phoenix: Investigating Bird Responses to Smoke

This groundbreaking community science project seeks to understand how wildfire smoke is impacting birds.

NHM Virtual Field Trip

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Comedero Para Pájaros

Comedero Para Pájaros: Atraiga pájaros a su jardín construyendo su propio comedero para pájaros.

DIY Bird Feeder

DIY Bird Feeder: Attract birds to your garden by building your own bird feeder.

Ornithology

Ornithology, the study of birds, is one of the founding disciplines of the Natural History Museum. At the core of the program is a research collection of 121,000 bird specimens, representing over 5,400 species. Our collections are particularly strong for North America, Africa, South America, and the Pacific Ocean.