Surprise! Snowy Owls thrive in winter
Conventional wisdom holds that Snowy Owls are forced south in winter by a lack of prey in the Arctic, and therefore are starving. But researchers … Read More “Surprise! Snowy Owls thrive in winter”
Species Profiles
Stories about hummingbirds, owls, falcons, and many more fascinating species.
Kenn Kaufman: How Say’s Phoebe got its name
Kenn Kaufman’s column “ID Tips” appears in every issue of BirdWatching. In our October 2016 issue, he explains that Say’s Phoebe seems designed for open, … Read More “Kenn Kaufman: How Say’s Phoebe got its name”
Cuba’s Blue-headed Quail-Dove is unlike any other New World dove
Ubiquitous, approachable Rock Pigeon is the most familiar representative of the Columbidae family. The handful of species known as quail-doves are less known. Shy and … Read More “Cuba’s Blue-headed Quail-Dove is unlike any other New World dove”
The trans-Atlantic terns of Great Gull Island
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”
The true value of crows and jays
An article in a forthcoming issue of The Condor: Ornithological Applications may make you look at corvids — the nearly cosmopolitan group of birds that … Read More “The true value of crows and jays”
Here’s why you should look twice at every Turkey Vulture
For 13 years, a team of intrepid Canadian researchers led by ornithologist C. Stuart Houston has been applying wing-tags and the occasional satellite transmitter to … Read More “Here’s why you should look twice at every Turkey Vulture”
