This calm view of Big John’s Pond shrouded in fog gives no indication that the site is in America’s largest metro area. Photo by Johann Schumacher
For more than a century, people have known that artificial light is a detriment to birds migrating during darkness. The morning after a foggy or … Read More “Study at September 11th tribute site confirms dramatic impact of light on migrating birds”
A new study has confirmed not only that the endangered Kirtland’s Warbler winters almost exclusively in the Bahamian Archipelago but also that it makes a … Read More “Geolocators reveal loop migration and stopover regions of Kirtland’s Warbler”
A regal-looking Bald Eagle appeared on the cover of our October 2016 issue (which is available here). We chose the species to call attention to … Read More “Six photos show how to recognize young Bald Eagles”
In the October 2016 issue of BirdWatching, Joe Trezza writes about Vito and Linda, the first Bald Eagles to nest in New York City in 100 … Read More “How New York’s Bald Eagles made their comeback”
Joe Trezza, author of our October 2016 cover story about the first Bald Eagles to nest in New York City in a century, sent this update: Nature works … Read More “New York City’s celebrity Bald Eagles make history again”
Black Skimmer is the subject of a wonderful article in our August 2016 issue by National Geographic Young Explorer grant recipient Erika Zambello. Skimmers are … Read More “Seven photos of amazing Black Skimmer”
Along with articles from global Big Year record-holder Noah Strycker and well-known scientist and author Bernd Heinrich, our just-published June 2016 issue contains a report … Read More “The trans-Atlantic terns of Great Gull Island”
In On the Move, our regular column about migration, we present pairs of distribution maps from eBird that you can use to compare where interesting … Read More “Two maps plot spring migration of Cerulean Warbler”
