Here are tips for shoppers and recommendations for the best models at numerous price points … Read More “A binocular buyers guide for birders”
Leading Off
Benefits for members include invitations to quarterly webinars featuring David Sibley, Kenn Kaufman, and other experts … Read More “BirdWatching Membership Program offers premium ID and photo content”
In the News
Valuable hooked tools more likely to be kept safe between uses … Read More “New Caledonian Crows recognize the value of better tools”
Despite rising numbers of Bald Eagles, poisoning from eating carcasses contaminated by lead shot has reduced population growth … Read More “Lead ammo stunts Bald Eagle recovery”
The festival will now be known as Global Birdfair, and in 2022, it will take place July 15-17 … Read More “Britain’s Birdfair to return in 2022”
Brazil’s Cherry-throated Tanager is believed to number only 17 birds … Read More “Protected area created to benefit one of the rarest birds in the world”
Bird Identification
Use this advice to distinguish Eastern Bluebirds from Mountain and Western … Read More “How to identify bluebirds”
To understand birds better, take a closer look at feathers … Read More “How the sizes of birds’ various feathers influence color patterns”
Photography
This photo of a crane with its wings intentionally blurred took the top prize … Read More “2021 Birds in Flight contest first place: Sandhill Crane”
This photo of a kingbird attacking a much larger egret earned high praise from our judges … Read More “2021 Birds in Flight contest second place: Eastern Kingbird and Great Egret”
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- #PhotoOfTheWeek: Rufous Treepie is a songbird found in fields and forests from Pakistan to Vietnam. George Malayil… https://t.co/lpbwPkSEWq
- New research: Special cranial adaptations may give the critically endangered ground-dwelling Night Parrot the edge… https://t.co/o1cXgjfhJR
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Birding at home
Contributing Editor Laura Erickson provides advice on how to buy birdseed, suet, and other feeder fare … Read More “A birdfeeding shopping list”
This guest post comes to us from Elaine Cole, owner of Cole’s Wild Bird Products Co., based in Kennesaw, Georgia. Enjoy! Having grown up the daughter of well-known bird-feeding experts, I know all the rules of feeding birds. I know what to feed every season of the year and what type of feeder to put it in. I know how often to … Read More “Best tip for winter bird feeding: To thine own self be true”
Find out how easy it is to attract cardinals, orioles, and other birds with seeds, oranges, suet, and other treats … Read More “Birdfeeding basics”