The handsome male Harlequin Duck on the cover of our February 2016 issue was photographed in October 2009 in Victoria, British Columbia, a popular wintering … Read More “How a Harlequin Duck wintering in British Columbia landed on our cover”
Sheryl DeVore’s cover story about Minnesota’s three northernmost, and coldest, Christmas Bird Counts was a highlight of our December 2015 issue. Sheryl wrote that the first … Read More “Winter gallery: 10 great photos of Great Gray Owl”
The tiny tracking units known as light-level geolocators have delivered yet another surprising insight into the migration and winter ecology of Veeries. The first breakthrough … Read More “Migrating Veeries follow great circle across Rockies, Great Plains, and Caribbean”
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”
As their name implies, Belted Kingfishers excel at hunting fish. And while fish make up the bulk of their diet, the birds are opportunistic: They … Read More “Close observation of kingfisher’s habits produces dramatic shot”
If you like Snowy Owls, you won’t want to miss our October 2015 issue. Scott Weidensaul, the well-known author and co-founder of Project SNOWstorm, wrote … Read More “10 photos of enigmatic, irruptive Snowy Owls”
1. Rufous Hummingbird Mac Stone’s cover story about Prothonotary Warbler and Jim Williams’s article about birding Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula were highlights of our August 2015 … Read More “Author’s gallery: 10 of our favorite photos by Laure Wilson Neish”
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”
To celebrate Independence Day, we searched through our galleries for photos of the national bird of the United States, the only eagle unique to North … Read More “Five majestic views of Bald Eagle”
