Birds

Exhibitions

Girls looking in a drawer at a fossil as a couple in background looks at birds in case

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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Tue

16

Apr

Children and adult meeting a desert tortoise

Meet a Live Animal

Tours & Shows All Ages

3 pm

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Wed

17

Apr

Meet a Live Animal

Tours & Shows All Ages

3 pm

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Thu

18

Apr

Meet a Live Animal

Tours & Shows All Ages

3 pm

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Fri

19

Apr

Meet a Live Animal

Tours & Shows All Ages

3 pm

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Sat

20

Apr

Little boy in hat crouches on a low rock ledge and looks into the nature gardens pond

Nature Gardens Exploration

Tours & Shows 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

Year of the Dragon

Celebrate the 2024 Lunar New Year with highlights from the collection

Blue-grey gnatcatcher on Laurel Sumac from the Irwindale burn area

Ash and Green Shoots

Wildfires can leave scars on our psyches and the landscape. Community Science Program Manager Sam Tayag discusses finding solace in witnessing nature’s recovery.

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

Children looking at flowers with magnifiers

Nature Gardens Turn 10

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

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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

DIY Bird Feeder

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

Comedero Para Pájaros

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

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.