Descriptions of field guides and smartphone apps that can help you be a better birder.
Eastern Meadowlark singing. Photo by Marky Mutchler/Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Learn how a smartphone app is revolutionizing birders’ ability to contribute to scientific research. Read More “BirdNET app is a game-changer for bird research”
A guide to today’s most useful birding apps. Read More “Best field guide and listing apps for birders”
The most useful and promising smartphone apps featuring birdsongs and calls. Read More “The best birdsong apps”
What’s not to love about a fully updated, thicker Nat Geo guide? The new seventh edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds … Read More “Interview: Co-authors describe new seventh edition of National Geographic bird guide”
In fall, many warblers wear plumages that are drab, not their colorful breeding plumages, and consequently, they have been tagged as difficult to identify. They have become so … Read More “Download our guide to fall warbler ID”
An app developed in collaboration with author, illustrator, and BirdWatching columnist David Sibley promises to be an accurate bird-song identifier. It debuts on the iTunes Store … Read More “New app identifies bird songs, features illustrations by David Sibley”
One of the toughest challenges a birder is likely to face out in the field is also one of the most common — identifying juvenile … Read More “How to identify juvenile songbirds”
My bookshelves are lined with field guides, including at least five devoted to North American raptors. But no matter how often I look at their … Read More “New app presents videos, photos, and audio of North America’s birds of prey”
A review of North American Hummingbirds: An Identification Guide, by George C. West. Read More “A valuable new ID guide from a founder of the Hummingbird Monitoring Network”
