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”
Use these tips to identify North America's titmouse species. (Members only)
https://t.co/aHTVSHiW9N - Photo of the day: Tara Patenaude shared this photo of a Rose-breasted Grosbeak to our Backyard Gallery about six ye… https://t.co/RhoQjgn5Ls
- In mid-September, a mass die-off of migratory birds in New Mexico and other western states occurred as wildfires we… https://t.co/kFto56cFZa
- Nine adult #CaliforniaCondors are feared dead, about a month after a wildfire ripped through the Big Sur Condor San… https://t.co/rCDOjYNtQg
- Starting today, our friends at Panama Day Trips are offering BirdWatching readers a month of virtual birding experi… https://t.co/im9e6H9Eob
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”