A California Condor at Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Scott Flaherty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Warming oceans may have been behind the deaths of seabirds on both coasts of North America this year. Nearly 90 percent of Atlantic Puffin chicks … Read More “Puffins, auklets affected by warming seas”
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 “eBird maps show where to find Surf Scoter this October”
Researchers have long known that Common Loons return to the same nesting sites each spring. Now a team from the Biodiversity Research Institute, in Portland, … Read More “Common Loons return to the same wintering site year after year”
We’re proud to be the only birding magazine in which you can read both David Sibley and Kenn Kaufman in every issue. In “ID Tips” … Read More “Long-tailed puffballs: A photo gallery of Bushtits”
Now is the time to go hawk watching! To help you see lots of hawks, falcons, eagles, and other raptors, we’ve compiled a roundup of … Read More “18 great places to watch hawks this fall”
Our October 2015 issue has been mailed to subscribers and will hit newsstands next Tuesday, September 1. It includes descriptions of four great hawk watches: Hawk Cliff … Read More “Wildfire forces closure of Chelan Ridge Hawk Watch in Washington State”
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 birds are at different … Read More “Where and when to look for Baird’s Sandpiper”
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 birds are at … Read More “eBird maps show where to look for Calliope Hummingbird”
In “Hotspots Near You” in our December 2012 issue, author and naturalist Anne Murray described a wonderful place in the Pacific Northwest: Drayton Harbor, in … Read More “Hotspot update: Back to Drayton Harbor, Blaine, Washington”
