• Big Bird Race 2023

    Updated: 2023-10-31 21:05:06
    Over 100 people across the UK came together to share their excitement about birds and celebrate BTO’s 90th anniversary in the Big Bird Race 2023.

  • What This Gruesome Stork Taught Us About Bird Migration

    Updated: 2023-10-31 04:04:36
    Bird migration has puzzled people for centuries. While Indigenous communities developed rich lore around the movement of birds, knowing exactly where birds went and why was mostly guesswork in...

  • Groundwater in Coconino County

    Updated: 2023-10-28 02:41:48
    **Este artículo se puede encontrar en español** Water is life, but currently, groundwater pumping is unlimited in more than 80 percent of Arizona. A group of water experts met with Coconino...

  • Zeiss Terra ED 8×32 Binoculars: Our Review

    Updated: 2023-10-27 14:53:58
    Excellent image in a somewhat bulky package for a compact binocular. In our full review we rated these a Solid Choice.

  • Maven B.3 8×30 Binoculars: Our Review

    Updated: 2023-10-26 20:22:40
    A very bright and sharp image in a small, comfortable package, but the focus wheel is not for everyone. We rated these a Solid Choice in our full review.

  • Alpen Wings 8×34 Binoculars: Our Review

    Updated: 2023-10-26 18:59:38
    Comfortable, light, inexpensive binoculars with some flaws in image quality. We rated them in the Middle Ground.

  • Kowa SV II 8×32 Binoculars: Our Review

    Updated: 2023-10-24 21:01:47
    Lightweight binoculars with very good image quality for the price, but a stiff focus wheel. We rate them as a Solid Choice.

  • Vanguard Endeavor ED II 8×32 Binoculars: Our Review

    Updated: 2023-10-24 20:05:43
    Delightful to hold and carry, these slim, lightweight binoculars have very good but not perfect optics. We rate them a Solid Choice.

  • Bresser Pirsch 8×34 Binoculars: Our Review

    Updated: 2023-10-23 20:12:12
    A lightweight binocular with a comfortable feel and elegant looks, but with some image imperfections especially at middle and long distances. We ranked it in the Middle Ground in our review.

  • Celestron Trailseeker 8×32 Binoculars: Our Review

    Updated: 2023-10-23 17:05:22
    With a very good image with a lower price tag than the top binoculars in our review, the TrailSeeker is an attractive option and ranks as a Solid Choice.

  • Celestron Nature DX 8×32 Binoculars: Our Review

    Updated: 2023-10-23 15:45:59
    The lowest-priced Celestron model in our review offers a basic build and a fairly bright image that is sharper than some similarly priced options. We rated it in the Middle Ground.

  • Audubon Florida's Julie Wraithmell Testifies before U.S. House on Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Renewal

    Updated: 2023-10-18 23:47:38
    Chairman Bentz, Ranking Member Huffman, and members of the Subcommittee – thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today in support of H.R. 4389, the Migratory Birds of the Americas...

  • We Dare You to Watch These Frighteningly Bad Bird Horror Movies

    Updated: 2023-10-18 23:15:10
    From Hitchcock to Poe, there’s something about birds that inspires enduring tales of the macabre.  As this collection of low-budget boondoggles makes painfully clear, however, that’s not...

  • Liron Gertsman Wants To Show You That Birds Are Worth Protecting

    Updated: 2023-10-17 04:16:54
    Photographer Liron Gertsman didn’t intend to photograph a pair of preening Rock Pigeons while out birding one day—he just set out to look for birds. Along the way, he ended up with a shot that...

  • Partnerships Help the Lights Out Program Expand in North Carolina And Beyond

    Updated: 2023-10-16 23:49:56
    The night sky looks darker–and the future looks brighter–for birds flying through Raleigh, North Carolina. Starting this fall, Kane Realty Corporation, one of Raleigh’s biggest building...

  • How Bird Safe Philly is Making the City Safer for Migrating Birds

    Updated: 2023-10-16 20:55:11
    On the morning of October 2, 2020, Audubon volunteer Stephen Maciejewski and I had the sad task of collecting hundreds of birds that had died colliding with buildings that day in Philadelphia. The...

  • Common Ringed Plover

    Updated: 2023-10-15 05:37:19
    Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Common Ringed Plover October 15, 2023 by Redgannet 1 Comment This post is not a twitch , but it is much more fun to read if you first dwell upon the sentiments from the last picture of Corey’s post from East Pond , Jamaica Bay , 2015 It would be a bold birder that calls a Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula where Semi-palmated Plover C . semipalmatus is also an option . Luckily , they are almost completely mutually exclusive . Even when the feet , the characteristic physical difference , are not visible , it is probably safe to . assume The voices are different however and one can distinguish between the two species  through their vocalisations .

  • Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

    Updated: 2023-10-14 23:54:57
    , , Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Birding Tanjung Aru Beach , Kota Kinabalu , Malaysia October 14, 2023 by Kai Pflug 1 Comment As the rice paddies near Kota Kinabalu described in an earlier post Tanjung Aru beach is not really a major birding spot in its own right . However , it is only a short taxi ride away from the airport where most travelers will arrive at better to see birds instead of just eating fast food while waiting for a connecting . flight Tanjung Aru beach is a popular spot for the locals to enjoy the seaside , watch the sunset , and choose between a huge variety of fruit juices sold at a slightly chaotic food market . Even better , just a few meters away from the food

  • Hundreds of Thousands of Boreal Birds Traveled Through the Tadoussac Dunes

    Updated: 2023-10-14 13:02:06
    Along the northern banks of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada is a place called Tadoussac.  Many avid birders arrive there each spring in hopes of witnessing an amazing phenomenon—migrating...

  • Will the World Unite to Curb the Global Disaster That Is Plastic Pollution?

    Updated: 2023-10-12 18:35:41
    This November delegates from more than 170 nations will meet in Nairobi for the latest negotiations toward what experts describe as the most significant global environment pact since the 2015 Paris...

  • Bushnell Prime 8×32 Binoculars: Our Review

    Updated: 2023-10-11 14:26:24
    A bright, colorful image at a very low price, but with some puzzling design choices. We rated this binocular in the Middle Ground.

  • Hawke Nature-Trek 8×32 Binoculars: Our Review

    Updated: 2023-10-11 13:21:41
    Light, comfortable binoculars with a decent but not brilliant image. We rated them in the Middle Ground.

  • Duck Stamp Conservation 2023

    Updated: 2023-10-10 11:00:47
    Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Conservation Duck Stamp Conservation 2023 October 10, 2023 by Jason Crotty No Comments A handful of federal conservation programs have permanent stable funding mechanisms that allow them to consistently , albeit quietly , fulfill their goals . These programs are effectively on auto-pilot . Among them are Federal Duck Stamps and related waterfowl conservation . programs As background , a Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp costs 25 and income from sales goes into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund “MBCF” There are several funding sources for the MBCF , but two predominate : 1 Duck Stamp sales , and 2 import duties on arms and . ammunition

  • More Than 1,000 Birds Collided With a Single Chicago Building in One Night

    Updated: 2023-10-06 22:30:10
    As Dave Willard approached McCormick Place Lakeside Center, the Chicago convention center abutting Lake Michigan, in the wee hours of Thursday morning, he heard more calls of night-migrating birds...

  • We are hiring!

    Updated: 2023-10-06 06:54:23
    Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Blogging We are hiring October 6, 2023 by Kai Pflug 4 Comments Well as long as you do not ask for pay , that is I am looking for additional writers who are interested in contributing posts covering our usual range of topics birds , birding trips , reviews of bird books , bird photography , and so . on While ideally , you would be willing to write regularly i.e . weekly or biweekly I will also be happy to accept one-off guest posts . So being afraid of commitment is not an excuse . I am also looking for somebody who knows more about social media than me not a high bar really somebody who can help me promote the site to people who never stood around a fax

  • A Bird Comes out of Hiding to Mark the Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act

    Updated: 2023-10-04 20:10:07
    There’s a new bird in Washington, D.C. --  a 12-foot tall, 16-foot wide mural of an Eastern Black Rail in LeDroit Park, painted by local artist Yulia Avgustinovich. The secretive Mid-Atlantic...

  • Audubon and Partners Announce First Bird-Friendly Certified Bison Ranch in Montana

    Updated: 2023-10-04 19:33:21
    Wilsall, Mont. — The National Audubon Society has partnered with Montana Audubon to award its bird-friendly habitat certification to North Bridger Bison. Founded, owned, and operated by Matt and...

  • We Go Where Birds Go

    Updated: 2023-10-03 22:29:29
    As summer winds down and many of the birds that breed in the Arctic and across North America are beginning their journeys south into the Caribbean and Latin America, I have been thinking about how...

  • Mixed Emotions

    Updated: 2023-10-03 22:28:28
    When photographer Karine Aigner got the text that the California Condor egg was hatching, she dropped everything and drove straight from High Island, Texas, to the Houston airport. Before long she...

  • As Avian Flu Ravaged Wild Condors, One Chick Became a Ray of Hope

    Updated: 2023-10-03 22:15:01
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  • Social Dilemma: What’s at Stake When We Propel Wild Birds to Stardom?

    Updated: 2023-10-03 22:12:25
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