The Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain. —Doug Coupland
Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked the birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. —Rebecca West
I hope you love the birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven. —Emily Dickinson
I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. —Charles Lindbergh
Bird brain? Yeah, birds are dumb. They can fly, that’s how goldang dumb they are. —Gapé Carasco
Photographs by Alan Hagberg
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RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
MALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
FEMALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
MALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
DOWNY WOODPECKER
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
MOURNING DOVE
SONG SPARROW
EASTERN TOWHEE
CATBIRD
NORTHERN FLICKER
GRAY CATBIRD
GRAY CATBIRD
SONG SPARROW
AMERICAN ROBIN
CAROLINA WREN
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
NORTHERN FLICKER
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH
AMERICAN ROBIN
EASTERN TOWHEE
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
BLUE JAY
BLACK-NECKED STILT
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
FEMALE HOUSE FINCH
BLUE JAY
LAUGHING GULL
GRAY CATBIRD
BLACK OYSTERCATCHER
TURKEY VULTURE
AMERICAN ROBIN
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
MUTE SWAN
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
GRAY CATBIRD
CHIPPING SPARROW
NORTHERN FLICKER
EUROPEAN STARLING
BLUE JAY
TUFTED TITMOUSE
LINCOLN’S SPARROW
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
RED-TAILED HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
SONG SPARROW
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
TUFTED TITMOUSE
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
BLUE JAYS
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
AMERICAN ROBINS
AMERICAN ROBINS
MOURNING DOVE
PHOTO BY ALAN GAEL HAGBERG
TUFTED TITMOUSE
DUCKLINGS
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
AMERICAN ROBIN
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
BLUE JAY
NORTHERN FLICKER
NORTHERN FLICKER
NORTHERN FLICKER
SONG SPARROW
AMERICAN ROBIN
AMERICAN ROBIN
AMERICAN ROBIN
HOUSE FINCH
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
AMERICAN ROBIN
COOPER’S HAWK
COOPER’S HAWK
DOWNY WOODPECKER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
GRAY CATBIRD
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
CAROLINA WREN
CAROLINA WREN
CAROLINA WREN
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
AMERICAN CROW
AMERICAN CROW
AMERICAN CROW
AMERICAN CROW
AMERICAN CROW
AMERICAN CROW
RING-BILLED GULL
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
BLUE JAY
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
AMERICAN ROBIN
HOUSE FINCH
SONG SPARROW
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
SONG SPARROW
AMERICAN ROBIN
TUFTED TITMOUSE BY ALAN GAEL HAGBERG
EASTERN TOWHEE
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
DARK-EYED JUNCO
FEMALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
EASTERN TOWHEE
AMERICAN ROBINS
MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL
CHIPPING SPARROW
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
SONG SPARROW
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
BALITMORE ORIOLE
GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER