Helping Piping Plovers return home
How biologists and volunteers are working to return the endangered shorebirds to their historic nesting locales in the Great Lakes. Read More “Helping Piping Plovers return home”
Species Profiles
Stories about hummingbirds, owls, falcons, and many more fascinating species.
A spring twilight spectacular: American Woodcock’s courtship display
An excursion to see and hear the American Woodcock’s courtship display strikes gold, near a place that woodcocks helped save from development. Read More “A spring twilight spectacular: American Woodcock’s courtship display”
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron adjusts its migration pattern to fiddler crabs
As spring arrives earlier each year, Yellow-crowned Night-Herons mysteriously adjust the timing of their return to the emergence of fiddler crabs. Read More “Yellow-crowned Night-Heron adjusts its migration pattern to fiddler crabs”
How the Hooded Merganser sparked a love of birds
A wildlife biologist describes how her love of birds and birding started when she first saw this diving duck. Read More “How the Hooded Merganser sparked a love of birds”
Helping save Yellow-billed Cotinga in Costa Rica
How an encounter with a rare tropical songbird spurred a group of birders to help protect its habitat. Read More “Helping save Yellow-billed Cotinga in Costa Rica”
Should Swainson’s Thrush be split into two species?
Kenn Kaufman’s column “ID Tips” appears in every issue of BirdWatching. In our June 2017 issue, he described the differences between Swainson’s, Hermit, and Gray-cheeked … Read More “Should Swainson’s Thrush be split into two species?”
Connecting the dots for American Kestrel
American Kestrel numbers have been dropping for 50 years. Scientists are racing to learn why and to turn around the fortunes of our most colorful falcon. Read More “Connecting the dots for American Kestrel”
Where to see and how to help Red-headed Woodpecker
The following information was part of our April 2017 feature article, “Build It and They Will Come,” which documents the efforts of citizen-scientists in Minnesota … Read More “Where to see and how to help Red-headed Woodpecker”
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”