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In-depth articles about birds, bird behavior, birding, and birdwatchers. From the pages of BirdWatching magazine.
 | Two Cornell Big Day birders and a tour leader tell how they learned to identify birds by ear — and you can too!
By Jennifer Horton |
 | The six warblers that breed primarily in the Grand Canyon State are beautiful, fun to watch, even a little odd — and you can find them all on one mountain
By Charles J. Babbitt |
 | Why five small islets off the coast of Aruba host more tern species than any other place on Earth
By Patrick Holian |
 | Where and when to go to see America’s five grassland and sagebrush grouse
By Noppadol Paothong |
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How birdwatchers in five states turned their yards into sanctuaries for birds — and how you can, too
By Matt Mendenhall |
 | Choosing patience over shortcuts, a pair of photographers reap a spectacular, surprising reward
By Johann Schumacher |
 | For a few weeks every year, goldenrods provide the Downy Woodpecker with just what it needs to survive a long, cold winter
By Warren Uxley |
 | Why small birds gang up on larger birds and why the larger birds let them
By William Jobes |
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Seventeen private ranches make it easy to photograph the most sought-after birds in America, and they’re great for birdwatching, too
By David Welling |
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What migrating birds found in the Gulf this spring, one year after the worst oil spill in U.S. history
By Kathie Farnell |
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A birder keeps close watch on nesting kingfishers to discover why the female is more colorful
By Deborah Richie |
 | A biologist answers his neighbor’s question: What good are Cliff Swallows?
By Grainger Hunt |
 | The surprises and challenges of birding with a skipper of few words, a spotter with cracked ribs, and a sea alive with little-known birds
By Mark Hedden |
 | Why researchers who’ve peered into cliffside nests high above the Pacific are sounding the alarm about the charismatic Tufted Puffin
By Charles Bergman |
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How to add location data to your bird photos
By Diana Doyle, Mark Doyle |
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Working in the low light of the midnight sun, a scientist at the top of the world reveals why the Red Knot is a marvel of biological engineering
By Clare Morrison |
 | How one birdwatcher found all 13 of Arizona’s owl species in a single year
By Charles J. Babbitt |
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Five stories show how birdwatchers from coast to coast are using the internet to inform, entertain, connect, and inspire
By Noah Strycker |
 | How backyard feeders and devoted volunteer banders along the Gulf coast are rewriting what we know about hummingbirds in winter
By Kathie Farnell |
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How one of the longest-running banding studies in the United States is revealing the many secrets of the Cave Swallow
By Steve West |
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Houses built in prairies, forests, and scrubland have a predictable, dramatic effect on birds — but why?
By Emily Wortman-Wunder |
 | How a birdwatcher in Minnesota found 210 species of bird in a year without using one drop of gasoline
By Diana Doyle |
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How summertime surveyors are helping scientists replace speculation with reliable data about nightjars
By Andrew Jenner |
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Blinds can be cramped and either too hot or too cold, and sometimes they’re buggy, but they’re always the best way to get great photos of birds
By Steve Maslowski |
 | Seven ways the iPhone will make you a better birdwatcher By Laura Kammermeier |
 | One of our favorite photographers tells how he took seven of his best photos and passes along tips sure to improve your bird photography
By Jeffrey Rich |
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