‘Poetic’ and ‘inspirational’ film “All That Breathes” takes audiences into a bird clinic in India … Read More “Award-winning film shines light on bird rehabbers”
Leading Off
BirdWatching has learned that some of our customers have received bogus renewal notices from a company called PMB Pacific Magazine Billing LLC.
At least one … Read More “Subscription scam targets BirdWatching customers”
In the News
Study shows that when woodpeckers are pecking trees, the bill and skull are designed to work as a single unit … Read More “New understanding of how woodpeckers hammer trees”
Research suggests diving birds may have evolved into an evolutionary dead-end … Read More “Diving birds are more prone to extinction, says new study”
Pete Dunne’s advice for where and when to bird around North America for an extraordinary 12-plus months of finding birds … Read More “A dream birding year”
Collisions with glass windows on buildings, transportation shelters, noise barriers and fences are a major source of bird mortality. Public awareness of bird-window collisions … Read More “Study looks at moments before a bird hits or avoids a window”
Bird Identification
Use these tips to distinguish this swallow from Tree Swallow … Read More “How to identify Violet-green Swallow”
When birds move, their look can change due in part to the lengths of various feathers … Read More “How the appearance of birds can be deceiving”
Photography
A photo by Jim Burns of a dramatic fight between a starling and a flicker takes our top prize … Read More “First place in the 2022 BirdWatching Photography Awards!”
An endearing image of a Great Horned Owl and its owlet is our second-place winner … Read More “Second place in the 2022 BirdWatching Photography Awards!”
#PhotoOfTheDay: A Fish Crow carries a beak full of building material for a nest. Photo by Linn Smith.… https://t.co/NXeHJaXDKv - Pelicans and other seabirds suffer and die every week at Florida's Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier, where they become… https://t.co/BM5o3xOHhG
- New research published in @ScienceMagazine reports that hummingbirds lost a gene that encodes a muscle enzyme, whic… https://t.co/s5BH3A2uOF
- Learn how conservationists hope to recover the Antioquia Brushfinch, which was rediscovered in Colombia five years… https://t.co/6uwfdZkO40
- #PhotoOfTheDay: A Red-whiskered Bulbul perches on a branch in a park in Hong Kong. Photo by Pidge Fraser. https://t.co/tJkdlT1yLj
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”
Watch the video feed from Canopy Lodge here … Read More “Panama Fruit Feeders camera”
Find out how easy it is to attract cardinals, orioles, and other birds with seeds, oranges, suet, and other treats … Read More “Birdfeeding basics”