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A black-and-white warbler rests on a branch in the Bird House.

March 25, 2024

Bird House Team Wins Plume Award

Three chirps for our Bird House team! In recognition of their efforts to breed and care for North American songbirds, they received a Plume Award from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Avian Scientific Advisory Group.

A Baltimore oriole parent feeds its chick in the Bird House's bird friendly coffee farm aviary on June 15, 2023.

October 27, 2023

Oriole Chicks Receive Names Following a Public Vote

The public has voted and now the 10 oriole chicks hatched at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) Bird House have names!

An orchard oriole, a small songbird with black upperparts and reddish-brown lower parts, perches on a tree branch.

October 23, 2023

Public Can Help Name Orchard Oriole Chicks at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

In a major conservation success, 10 oriole chicks hatched at the Bird House, and the Zoo is seeking the public’s help to name them.

October 23, 2023

Egg-citing News: Bird House Welcomes Oriole Chicks

In summer 2023, Bird House keepers celebrated the arrival of orchard oriole chicks—the first hatched in human care—and Baltimore oriole chicks. Curator Sara Hallager shares an update about the team's success.