Audubon has joined partner conservation organizations to propose “Cooperative Conservation” as an alternative for the federal Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) to study as they consider how to...
Last August, the deadliest U.S. wildfires in a century raged across Maui. Sparked by severe drought, strong winds from Hurricane Dora, and downed powerlines, the fires killed more than 100 people and...WASHINGTON (March 28, 2024) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced new rules governing the implementation of the Endangered Species Act, restoring some protections that were removed under...In the last 50 years, we have seen the tragic loss of 3 billion birds in North America. While some populations of waterbirds and waterfowl have increased due to active conservation of wetlands over...Bugs are a blessing and a curse for birders. Being swarmed by a squadron of mosquitos while walking through a marsh might as well be a birding rite of passage. And what would a summer outing be...
Who's Kenn? Simply put, Kenn is a national treasure. A renowned birder, author, and conservationist, Kenn Kaufman has spent his life dedicated to observing birds, reading about...
Birdword is a recurring feature in Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. They’re sometimes called technical terms, eight-dollar-words, jargon, or just plain gobbledygook. But hidden inside those multisyllabic ornithological utterances are... Read more »As I sit by my window, admiring the beauty of two Eastern Bluebirds flitting through the trees, I am delighted to share this edition of Audubon magazine with you. It coincides with the return of our...When Nora Auston moved to a new house in Portland, Oregon, a few years ago, she’d long been thinking about building a catio. Her family had revoked roaming privileges for Bertie, “our grouchy old....dropcap {
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min-height: auto...WASHINGTON (March 25, 2024) – The House Foreign Affairs Committee last week approved a bill that would establish a U.S.-led public private grant-making entity that would fund as much as $2 billion...It was certainly not what I expected to find while walking home from the candy store. “Look!” my son said, pointing to a black-and-white feathered lump on the sidewalk. “Use the app.” I...
If every owner in the country prevented their cats from roaming free, scientists estimate that hundreds of millions of birds would be saved annually. And yet many people want to give their...
In high school, Meg T. Justice spent countless hours sketching ducks along the Tennessee River in Scottsboro, Alabama, capturing their glorious quirks. These days her primary medium is...
: Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Reviews Birdwatching in Northern Greece by Steve Mills : Third Edition March 25, 2024 by Dragan No Comments If you’ve birded in Spain , possibly more than once , and are considering another Mediterranean country to quench your thirst , look to the east . Steve Dudley , a bird guide and author of the Lesvos birding guide , once told me : âGreece is THE premier birding location in Europe for me and for yours truly as well Wider than Lesvos , it also offers other spectacular birding locations such as Kerkini Dadia , and the Evros Delta â they can all be combined in an easy enough week or two-week birding trip which I’ve done many times myself , as well asWhile seasonal wildflower blooms offer spectacular displays for nature lovers, they didn’t evolve for our pleasure. Their job is to attract pollinating insects that help native plants produce seeds...
Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Birds Trips Urban Birding in San Diego March 24, 2024 by Hannah No Comments San Diego has a lot going for it . There are beautiful beaches , a plethora of amazing food and drinks , a multitude of family fun locations , a world-renowned zoo , and one of the biggest birding festivals in the US . My family visited San Diego every year as part of a Disneyland-SoCal Road trip to escape the rainy Christmases at home near Portland , Oregon . We would walk the Pacific Beach promenade , see Shamu at Sea World this is before Blackfish , mind you and sample delicious Mexican food in Old Town San Diego . My relationship with San Diego has evolved since becoming a
Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Wagbachniederung Saalbachniederung March 23, 2024 by Luca No Comments For a while I was considering together with Jacob , whom I met on Helgoland during my month of volunteering at the bird observatory there , to meet up for a short birding outing on a weekend . Jacob suggested the Wagbachniederung , a well-known wetland that is particularly popular amongst photographers for being one of the few locations in Germany where Purple Herons breed . Although an attractive bird , this species was not of particular interest to me as I’ve seen it countless times when I lived in South Africa and is not present there at this time of year anyway but the area hasOf the thousands of sports that humans have invented, paragliding may be the most birdlike. In its competitive form, racers fly in groups known as gaggles, suspended from parachutes and powered...Amy Tan has spent much of her life looking for good stories. She’s often found them close to home: Her most famous novel, The Joy Luck Club, weaves together tales of Asian-American experiences...Birds and people need clean and abundant water in rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands, and marshes in landscapes throughout the country. Today, the White House is announcing several new initiatives to...It’s been more than three decades since the U.S. government first tested the waters of offshore fish farming. In 1990 a company received a federal permit to raise nearly 50 million pounds of...Wesley Brown was standing on the desert floor last spring, looking up at a friend who was 100 feet into an ascent of a towering Utah cliff wall, when a Golden Eagle soared overhead. It was a powerful...Even as her yard blossomed with black-eyed Susans and milkweed, Melinda Soltys didn’t consider herself a gardener; she just wanted to see more wildlife. After learning how native vegetation...Last year, the nonprofit Kestrel Land Trust put a picturesque piece of property in western Massachusetts under contract. The 53-acre parcel in Easthampton contains a mix of open meadows, hayfields...There are only a few places on Earth that are still mostly unharmed by the ever-expanding footprint of human development. The demand for resources and the increasing global population have put...In the Western United States, conservationists worry the fight to protect one dwindling bird species could risk harming another. Their efforts to resolve that tension have sparked new research and...
These binoculars offer excellent brightness, sharpness, and color, though the ergonomics are not quite perfect. We rate them a Solid Choice.