McCartney's love of birds is easy to see when you look at his catalog. He has a glossary filled with all manner of feathered friends.

If you’re ready to give this hobby a try, a good place to start is learning about the small birds you’re most likely to spot in your backyard. We’ve rounded up 15 common backyard birds, along with ...

The white bellbird (Procnias albus), native to the Amazon rain forest, has the loudest recorded call of any bird: 125 decibels, or roughly as loud as a rock concert. It uses this call not for ...