Kenn Kaufman’s column “ID Tips” appears in every issue of BirdWatching. In our June 2017 issue, he described the differences between Swainson’s, Hermit, and Gray-cheeked … Read More “Should Swainson’s Thrush be split into two species?”
Swainson's Thrush
Our June issue features thrushes, jaegers, warblers, vireos, and the Amazon Kingfisher
The June 2017 issue of BirdWatching is available now at Barnes & Noble and other newsstands! Our cover story is John R. Nelson’s chronicle of his birding … Read More “Our June issue features thrushes, jaegers, warblers, vireos, and the Amazon Kingfisher”
Swainson’s Thrushes confound expectations, change altitude while migrating at night
Researchers who study long-distance migrations have long assumed that songbirds conserve energy by flying like passenger jets — that is, that they ascend to an … Read More “Swainson’s Thrushes confound expectations, change altitude while migrating at night”