Painted Bunting. Photo by Igor Perezh
In the cover story of our November-December 2016 issue, science writer Cheryl Lyn Dybas describes why North America’s most beautiful songbird, the Painted Bunting, is … Read More “The black-market value of colorful Painted Bunting”
Painted Bunting is the species we feature on the cover of our November-December issue, which went on sale at Barnes & Noble and other newsstands … Read More “Five photos of beautiful, unpredictable Painted Bunting”
The November-December 2016 issue of BirdWatching Magazine went on sale at Barnes & Noble and other newsstands across the country on November 8. Two articles in … Read More “New BirdWatching magazine answers questions about Painted Bunting”
The American Ornithologists’ Union released the latest supplement (the 56th) to its checklist of North American birds in early July. Among the many interesting changes: … Read More “Checklist update: AOU makes no changes to Northern Cardinal and Painted Bunting”
Here’s a recap of the most important stories that we tweeted and retweeted over the past two weeks: 1. Great news for shorebirds: We learned early in the … Read More “10 important news stories about birds from the last two weeks”
A gap of about 340 miles divides the two breeding populations of Painted Bunting: one in the southern Great Plains and the other along the … Read More “Two Painted Buntings?”
Birds were in the news quite a bit over the past two weeks. Here’s a recap of what Managing Editor Matt Mendenhall and I tweeted and … Read More “In the news: Birds worth tweeting about”
Painted Bunting is an unusual bird, and not just because of the adult male’s vivid colors. It’s the only migratory songbird in North America that … Read More “Why the Painted Bunting has two separate breeding populations”
The true story of how former President Jimmy Carter saw his first Painted Bunting. Read More “A life bird for a president”
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