Benefits for members include invitations to quarterly webinars featuring David Sibley, Kenn Kaufman, and other experts … Read More “BirdWatching Membership Program offers premium ID and photo content”
Leading Off
Contributing Editor Laura Erickson provides advice on how to buy birdseed, suet, and other feeder fare … Read More “A birdfeeding shopping list”
In the News
Day and night, across the country right now, a river of migrating birds is flowing overhead. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology holds its Migration Celebration … Read More “Cornell Lab of Ornithology hosts online events about migration”
Nine free-flying adults are still missing three weeks after fire destroyed sanctuary … Read More “Two condor chicks die in California wildfire”
Study shows that without conservation actions, extinction rates would have been around 3-4 times greater … Read More “At least 28 extinctions prevented by conservation action since 1993”
The world’s corvids can use tools, solve puzzles, recognize threats, give gifts, and return lost items to their human neighbors … Read More “The clever, amazing behaviors of crows”
Bird Identification
Kenn Kaufman explains what to look for on these familiar and popular backyard birds … Read More “Identifying North America’s five titmouse species”
David Sibley describes the two common forms of Northern Flicker — Red-shafted and Yellow-Shafted — as well as intergrades and rare abnormally colored birds … Read More “Northern Flicker’s fascinating color differences explained”
Photography
Images of Yellow-breasted Chat, Harpy Eagle, Pine Warbler, Eastern Bluebird, and more from our July/August 2020 issue … Read More “Reader photos of raptors, warblers, and more”
Wonderful photos of puffins, penguins, Burrowing Owl, Northern Goshawk, hummingbirds, and more … Read More “2020 BirdWatching Photography Awards finalists”
The virtual Cape May Fall Festival is bringing fall birding in Cape May to you, Oct. 2–4. Improve your bird ID skil… https://t.co/zRvZ7a33sW - Photo of the day: Joan Wiitanen added this pic of a young Northern Flicker in a blue spruce tree to our Backyard Ga… https://t.co/YKfCVnuCgf
- Why researchers misunderstood birds’ brains for a century — and what we now know. #Science #Birds… https://t.co/KTRWjCatdk
- Ken Archer's photo of a Red Crossbill won second prize in our 2019 Bird Portrait Contest. Submit your top bird port… https://t.co/9ABr7mw400
- Here is what to look for as birds molt their worn-out feathers. (Members only) #Birding
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Birding at home
Contributing Editor Laura Erickson provides advice on how to buy birdseed, suet, and other feeder fare … Read More “A birdfeeding shopping list”
This excerpt from Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife explains how to purchase native plants for your yard … Read More “Tips for finding and growing native plants for birds”
Find out how easy it is to attract cardinals, orioles, and other birds with seeds, oranges, suet, and other treats … Read More “Birdfeeding basics”