June 2006

Beautiful, bi-monthly BirdWatching magazine (formerly Birder's World) appeals to every bird enthusiast — from backyard birdwatcher to serious birder. Subscribers receive helpful hints for attracting and feeding birds, handy identification tips, photography pointers, info about where to find birds, superb color photography, and much more!
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Features
What Feathers Do
By Peter Stettenheim
Twenty-three essential functions that feathers perform for owls, roadrunners, penguins, herons, and other birds.
Wait Till It Moves
By Eldon Greij
Why Brown Creepers, American Woodcocks, Killdeer, bitterns, and other birds can vanish right before your eyes.
Snow in Silicon Valley
By Mark Bohrer
Why a surprising rookery in Palo Alto, California, is the place to go to watch young Snowy Egrets and developing feathers.
Colors: What We See
By Julie Feinstein
How chemistry and structure combine to make macaws scarlet, orioles orange, and jays blue.
Colors: What Birds See
By Adam Marcus
What waxwings, swallows, mockingbirds, wrens, and other familiar birds can see and we can't.
Columns
From the Editor
From vivid colors to fascinating functions, the beauty of feathers is undeniable.
Birding Briefs
A priceless egg collection finds a home, seabirds making a comeback, a celebration of migratory birds, and how deer affect bird populations.
Birder at Large
How a boyhood journal reveals an expert in the making.
By Pete Dunne
Those Amazing Birds
How chicks learn to match their songs to those of adults.
By Eldon Greij
Birds on the Move
Where to find migrating Black-throated Blue Warblers.
By Paul Kerlinger
ID Tips
Recognize Little Blue Heron even when it's white.
By Kenn Kaufman
From Our Readers
Resources
Bookshelf
Scott Weidensaul delivers 'one of the most important books of the decade.'
By Kenn Kaufman, Kimberly Kaufman
Classifieds
Festivals and Events
Caught in the Act
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