Photo and sound credits

Meadow & Feather is possible because birders and photographers share their work under open licenses. Thank you.

Last updated: November 10, 2026

Bird photos come from observations on iNaturalist, used under CC0 or CC BY 4.0. We cropped each photo and cut the bird out from its background. Habitat photographs come from Poly Haven under CC0; we show parts of them as panoramas and as pictures on this site. Photographers who would like a credit changed or a photo removed can write to hello@meadowandfeather.com.

Bird songs are real recordings shared on xeno-canto, iNaturalist and Wikimedia Commons, used only when the recordist chose a license that allows it: CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA. We cut a short part of each recording, filtered out low background noise and evened out the volume; under CC BY-SA, our trimmed versions of those recordings are shared under the same license. Recordists who would like a credit changed or a recording removed can write to hello@meadowandfeather.com.

Habitat photographs

• Backyard (Eastern North America): Panorama "Garden Nook" by Poly Haven (CC0). Original.
• Tropical rainforest (Central and South America): Panorama "Rainforest Trail" by Poly Haven (CC0). Original.
• Lake and wetland (North American lakes and marshes): Panorama "Lakeside" by Poly Haven (CC0). Original.
• African savanna (Southern and East Africa, at sunset): Panorama "Safari Sunset" by Poly Haven (CC0). Original.
• Australian bush (Eastern Australia, among gum trees): Panorama "Gum Trees" by Dimitrios Savva and Jarod Guest, Poly Haven (CC0). A eucalyptus grove photographed in South Africa, standing in for Australian bush. Original.
• Desert scrub (Sonoran Desert, Arizona and Mexico): Panorama "Rogland Sunset" by Greg Zaal, Poly Haven (CC0). Rocky desert scrub photographed in Namaqualand, South Africa, standing in for the Sonoran Desert. Original.
• Northwest forest (Pacific Northwest, Washington State): Panorama "Whipple Creek Regional Park 01" by Philip Modin, Poly Haven (CC0). Photographed in Washington State, USA. Original.
• Sea cliffs (North Atlantic coast, in summer): Panorama "White Cliff Top" by Greg Zaal and Rico Cilliers, Poly Haven (CC0). A rocky headland photographed at Cape Point, South Africa, standing in for a North Atlantic sea cliff. Original.
• Garden pond (East Asia, at the Summer Palace in Beijing): Panorama "Xiequ Yuan" by Greg Zaal, Poly Haven (CC0). The Garden of Harmonious Interests in the Summer Palace, Beijing, China. Original.
• City park (Europe, in a London park): Panorama "Greenwich Park 02" by Andreas Mischok, Poly Haven (CC0). Photographed in Greenwich Park, London, UK. Original.
• Mountain lake (Eastern Himalayas, Yunnan, China, at about 3,700 m): Panorama "Shudu Lake" by Alex Radosnov, Poly Haven (CC0). Photographed at Shudu Lake in Pudacuo National Park, Yunnan, China. Original.

Other photos

• Monarch on New England aster. Photo: Trix Niernberger, CC0, via iNaturalist. Original.

Sounds of nature

• "Ocean Waves on a Tropical Beach" by Jarrod Stanley, CC0, original on Wikimedia Commons. Cut into a short loop.
• "Field cricket Gryllus pennsylvanicus" by Thatcher, CC BY-SA 3.0, original on Wikimedia Commons. Cut into a short loop.
• "Brook sound" by TwoWings, CC BY 3.0, original on Wikimedia Commons. Cut into a short loop.

Bird photos and songs