Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The Interior Department announced Thursday a multi-agency strategy aimed at preventing the imminent extinction of Hawaiian forest birds threatened by mosquito-borne avian malaria. The strategy includes more than $14 million in funding from President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law and other appropriations…
Earlier this year, we invited photographers to submit their best work for consideration in the BirdWatching Photography Awards 2020 competition. More than 1,230 photos poured in, from hundreds of applicants. Over the past few weeks, the judges have been combing through the entries and we are now ready to announce the finalists and honorable mention…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Conservation groups sent a letter Dec. 15 urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act if Florida does not quickly control threats to protected coastal birds at Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier State Park . The…
Drum roll please! After receiving over 1,230 submissions to our 2020 BirdWatching Photography Awards competition, we are ready to announce the finalists (below) and honorable mention images. Next week we will reveal the three winners. The following slideshow features the 14 finalists, including images of puffins, penguins, burrowing owls, hummingbirds and more. Appreciate! Emperor penguin…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Collisions with glass windows of buildings, transport shelters, noise barriers and fences are a major source of bird mortality. Public awareness of bird-window collisions has increased in recent years, thanks to investigations into dead birds under windows. However, because collision events…
© 2019 Derrick Jackson Derrick Jackson is the third winner of the 2020 BirdWatching Photography Awards with this full-frontal photo of an Atlantic puffin with a beak full of fish. He took the photo on July 14, 2019, on Eastern Egg Rock, Maine, an island in Muscongus Bay. This is one of the sites where…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Diving birds like penguins, puffins and cormorants may be more prone to extinction than non-diving birds, according to a new study from the Milner Center for Evolution at the University of Bath. The authors suggest that this is because they are…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Pam Jenks of Canmore, Alberta, won second place in the 2020 BirdWatching Photography Awards competition with this striking photo of a northern goshawk eating a male wood duck. She took the photo in her snowy backyard on April 15, 2020. “This…
© 2019 Sha Lu Sha Lu of Los Altos, California, won first place in the 2020 BirdWatching Photography Awards with this photo of a prey exchange between white-tailed kites. Sha captured the image on March 23, 2019 at Shoreline Lake Park in Mountain View, California. The park is near the southern edge of San Francisco…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email A year after National Audubon Society workers voted to unionize, the union representing them has filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over disputes over wages and health benefits. The first complaint, known as an unfair labor practice charge,…
The slideshow below features 10 winning photographs from the 2020 Audubon Photography Awards, presented by the National Audubon Society. The winning entries were selected from more than 6,000 entries from all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and seven Canadian provinces and territories. The eleventh year of the competition awarded images in four divisions: Professional, Amateur, Youth…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email One of the great pleasures of winter is listening to the drumming woodpeckers. Their noisy tattoos echoing across a frigid and otherwise silent northern landscape fill me with hope that winter will eventually end, even as I marvel at the adaptations…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Without any burden, someone else’s expense account, and maybe a private jet, here I’ve summarized the birding locations I’d fit into my perfect birding year. It’s not a great year but an itinerary designed to take in the bird shows of…
An impressionistic image of European Cormorants by Majed AlZa’abi from Kuwait has won first prize in the 2020 Bird Photographer of the Year competition, organized by UK-based conservation charity Birds on the Brink. Majed wins the first prize of £5,000 (approximately $6,500) and the title of “Bird Photographer of the Year 2020”. Majed’s image was…
Redstart painted at Cave Springs Campground, Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona, by Gary Botello. In 2002, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The world of bird watchers magazine (now known as Bird watching), we asked our readers to share their favorite birding hotspots. We’ve been profiling birding hot spots since our first issue in 1987 (Washington’s…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Since the days of Charles Darwin, evolutionary biologists have widely believed that most new species form because they have adapted to different environments – but a new study from the University of Toronto suggests otherwise. The study, published in the journal…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The instant image feedback of digital cameras and the lighter weight of many current telephoto lenses have prompted many birders to take camera equipment into the field. And many of them practice bird photography in their backyard. Your garden bird feeders…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Climate change will reshape ecosystems around the world through two types of climate events: short-term extreme events – such as a heat wave – and long-term changes, such as a change in ocean currents. Environmentalists call short-term events “pulses” and long-term…
Our readers continually impress us with their bird photos. They submit images to our photo contests, post them in our online galleries, and send us stunning photos for the magazine’s “Your Point of View” section, our regular collection of reader photos. In our July/August 2020 issue, we filled “Your View” with a dozen photos featuring…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email In late December, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to designate more than 275,000 acres as protected critical habitat for the I’iwi, Hawaii’s best-known endangered creeper. The Center for Biological Diversity sued the agency in 2021 for failing to…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The Pale-headed Goldfinch was rediscovered in west-central Ecuador almost 25 years ago, after three decades without any trace of the species. The expedition to find this “lost” bird was led by the Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco with support from the American…
Editor’s Note: In the May/June 2018 issue of BirdWatching magazine, we published “America’s Serengeti,” a photo essay by Malkolm Boothroyd featuring birds (and other wildlife) from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge , the vast 19.6 million-acre wilderness of northeast Alaska. It is the largest wildlife refuge in the United States and is home to more…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Hummingbirds, native to North and South America, are among the smallest and most agile birds in the world. Often barely larger than a thumb, they are the only bird species capable of flying not only forward, but also backward or sideways….
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The howling northeast wind was both haunting and comforting, a familiar reminder that late spring weather along the mid-Atlantic coast could be calming one day and threatening the next. Covering the darkness of night with an envelope of sound, volatile currents…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email It seems quite logical that bad weather can sometimes disorient birds on their annual fall migrations, causing them to end up in territory they are not used to. But why, even when weather is not a major factor, do birds stray…
Our friends at the UK-based Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) competition are seeing firsthand the growing pressures on bird populations around the world. Therefore, if bird photography is to thrive and not become, metaphorically speaking, a dying art, we all need to do our part to reverse the decline of bird species and support…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Spring is the perfect time for songbird breeding in California’s Central Valley: neither too hot nor too humid. But climate change models indicate the region will experience more rainfall during the breeding season and days of extreme heat are expected to…
Our Color of Birds 2020 contest attracted many great images. We are pleased to present this slideshow of honorable mention photos, featuring hummingbirds, toucans and many other birds. Appreciate! Skittled Toucan by Edward Munoz Edward Munoz photographed this keeled toucan near Lago del Lagarto Lodge in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica. “The lodge is in the…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Ken Archer of Twin Falls, Idaho is the third winner of our 2020 Color of the Birds contest with this photograph of a White-naped Jacobin spreading his tail during a rain shower. Ken took the photo in February 2015 at the…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Scientists have discovered a new colony of emperor penguins in Antarctica using satellite mapping technology. This new colony represents a total of 66 known emperor penguin colonies around the Antarctic coast; exactly half were discovered by satellite imagery. The team studied…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Philip Witt from Somerset, New Jersey won second place in our 2020 Color of Birds contest with this stunning image of a scarlet macaw. The bird was drinking from a layer of clay near the Napo River in Ecuador. He took…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email A documentary film about bird rehabilitators in India’s capital is among five nominees for Best Documentary Feature of 2022. anything that breathes hit theaters in October and is expected to be available on HBO Max this year (no date has been…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Flight is not the only way songbirds can protect themselves from predators. Many songbird species are known to engage in stalking, where they aggressively crowd around a bird of prey, flying rapidly while performing stereotypical movements and loud vocalizations. Mobbing is…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Bob Graham of Kingsville, Ontario won first place in our 2020 Color of the Birds contest with this photo of a male Orange-breasted Sparrow. The species is endemic to western Mexico. Bob and his wife are retired and spend most of…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The UN Biodiversity Conference, held in December 2022, resulted in hundreds of countries agreeing to protect 30% of the planet and 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030. As countries are working to develop a framework to achieve these goals, it is…
As difficult as 2020 has been for millions, birdwatching has been a welcome distraction and, for many, a new passion to help us through the dark days. Bird photography is arguably more important today, to show the world the incredible diversity and beauty of birds, and we at Bird watching we are blessed to be…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Last week, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the US Navy announced that a bird species and four plant species from San Clemente Island, the southernmost of California’s Channel Islands, have restored and no longer require the protection of the…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Few experiences ignite a birder’s passion more than a first encounter with a new species or the discovery of a previously seen bird in a new or unexpected place. The thrill of these spontaneous sightings and the anticipation of the next…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Every case of a bird being hit by a plane is sad, but this story is particularly shocking. On November 19, 2022, a United Airlines flight from Chicago was on final approach to Newark International Airport in New Jersey at 3:45…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email When winter arrives, it’s tempting to leave your camera in your bag, make yourself comfortable in front of the wood stove and leaf through travel catalogs for birding trips to the tropics! But don’t let the cold keep you inside. Winter…
We have Sabine Gulls and Arctic Terns, more Sabine Gulls and more Arctic Terns. We travel up the Ningikfak River in Alaska in an 18-foot speedboat, 120 Yamaha horsepower pushing us at breakneck speed. We just left Hooper Bay, an indentation in the Bering Sea west of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, one of…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Computer scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in collaboration with biologists from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, recently announced in the journal Methods in ecology and evolution a new predictive model that can accurately predict where a migrating bird will…
Our 2020 Bird Portrait competition attracted hundreds of fantastic images. We are pleased to present this slideshow of 12 honorable mention photos, featuring the Bald Eagle, Great Snowy Egret, Great Reddish Egret and Northern Hawk Owl. Appreciate! Double-crested Cormorant by Stan Bysshe “The Green Cay Nature Center is a well-known wetland in Boynton Beach, Florida,”…
“I have a kettle!” On a hawk watch, few phrases have such an electrifying and immediate effect. Before the echo of the scream passes the hill, the counters are in position, their binoculars up and ready, and their clickers wrapped around eager fingers. As the sky fills with falcons and other observers and visitors point…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The field of ornithology routinely excludes scholars and research from Latin America and the Caribbean, according to an article published February 7 in the Ornithological applications. The document, signed by 124 ornithologists (including professional scientists, naturalists, park rangers and technicians) from…
End of 2020, Bird watching received over 700 photos submitted by hundreds of photographers to our Bird Portrait contest. Thank you to everyone who participated! The selection of images was excellent, as have all of our previous contests. The judges had a difficult task! Today, we are proud to present to you the 12 finalist…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email For the first time in more than 40 years, a Peruvian diving petrel chick has hatched on Chañaral Island in Chile, marking a milestone on an island once devastated by invasive species. Members of the non-profit Island Conservation team, working in…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Vaughn Larsen of Littleton, Colorado is the third winner of our 2020 Bird Portrait Contest with this stunning portrait of a wood duck he took at Sterne Park in Littleton in October 2020. “The sunrise light off the fall foliage reflects…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The 26th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) takes place Friday, From February 17 to Monday February 20. Bird and nature lovers from all over the world come together to survey as many of the world’s bird species as possible during…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Steve Wolfe of Portal, Arizona won second place Bird watchingBird Portrait Contest 2020 with this flawless photo of a male Elegant Trogon. He took the photo in December 2017 at one of the best birding spots in the lower 48 states:…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Popular fireworks should be replaced with cleaner drone and laser light shows to avoid the “highly damaging” impact on wildlife, pets and the environment in general, a new study suggests. The new research, published in Pacific Conservation Biologyexamined the environmental impact…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Congratulations to Andy Raupp of Pingree Grove, Illinois for winning first place in our 2020 Bird Portrait Contest with this amazing photo of a Cedar Waxwing. Andy took the photo “on a cold winter morning in our northern Illinois suburban neighborhood,”…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The endangered Bahamian warbler may be surviving on a single island after the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian in 2019, researchers at the University of East Anglia say. A new study shows the bird’s distribution and ecology on Grand Bahama Island…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email For me, there is nothing more exciting in bird photography than sitting in a photo awning and listening to the gentle sound of running water. When spring rolls around, I know that beautiful sound will bring with it the birds I…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Fossil bones of two newly described penguin species, one believed to be the largest penguin to ever live – weighing over 150 kilograms (330 pounds), more than three times the size of the largest living penguins – were discovered in New…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email This year, Olympus expanded the scope of the Micro Four Thirds format with the January launch of the professional M.Zuiko 150-400mm F4.5 super telephoto lens. It offers a reach equal to a 300mm to 800mm equivalent zoom on a full-frame 35mm…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Conservationists at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge in Kaua’i celebrated exciting milestones for two endangered seabird species in 2022, and they look forward to more good news this year. Since 2015, a consortium of conservation partners, including American Bird Conservancy (ABC),…
Yesterday, April 19, an adult bald eagle was found entangled in a fence in a field in northern Virginia. Certified wildlife rehabilitators from the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Millwood, Va., retrieved the bird from the fence and cared for it at their facility. The bird was exhausted but lucky. He had only minor injuries…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email On Tuesday, February 14, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to remove the wood stork from the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife. The bird is the only species of stork breeding in the United States. The…
As a kid on the coast of Maine, I loved islands, especially ones that were little visited. I never knew what I might find along the shore – perhaps a delicate glass float from an offshore Portuguese fishing boat or the skeletonized remains of an unlucky porpoise. As an adult, I continue to be fascinated…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Time and again, studies have shown that exposure to nature can improve human mental health and well-being. A new study from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology dug a little deeper, examining what kind of nature experiences were associated with greater feelings…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The war in Ukraine and Russia’s international isolation have harmed biodiversity conservation, according to a new study published in Frontiers of conservation science. The international study was co-authored by a researcher from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Conservationists monitoring migratory…
German researchers say the “most Instagrammable” family of birds are frogmouths – a group of 14 nocturnal species characterized by large eyes, flat, wide beaks and a frog-like opening. They occur in India, Southeast Asia and Australia. Write in the journal i-PerceptionKatja Thömmes and Gregor Hayn-Leichsenring said the top showing the frog’s mouth “seems like…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Nature poetry and essays can be powerful ways for people to connect with the natural world. A new anthology published in January, titled Dawn Songs: A Birdwatcher’s Field Guide to the Poetics of Migration and edited by Jamie K. Reaser and…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email During my bird photography workshops and tours, the question I get asked most often is, “Hey Rick, what’s your f-stop?” Basically, photographers ask me for my camera settings: ISO, aperture and shutter speed. I answer with a smile: “What is your…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Our barnyard tits are common everyday birds that amaze me. It almost goes without saying that chickadees are cute and endearing, and it’s fair to call them friendly too, and not just to people with feeders. Northern warblers learn black-capped chickadee…
This week, the National Audubon Society named the winning photographs and videos for the 2021 Audubon Photography Awards, with eight awards across five divisions. In year 12, winning entries and honorable mentions emerged from 2,416 entrants from all 50 states, Washington DC and 10 Canadian provinces and territories. For the first time, the competition awarded…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email This week, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and American Bird Conservancy (ABC) led a regulatory filing with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on behalf of 65 nonprofit groups. The brief proposes major reforms in how the agency regulates systemic insecticides….
Last spring we held our latest photo competition, the 2021 BirdWatching Photography Awards, here on our website. We received over 770 entries – images of owls, eagles, hummingbirds, cranes and passerines, among others – from hundreds of photographers. Thank you to everyone who participated! The selection of images was stellar, as all of our previous…
Watching migrating hawks, eagles, hawks and other raptors in the fall is a pleasure and a tradition, and the places where fall birds can be easily spotted are as revered as they are famous. Cape May. Hawk Ridge. Corpus Christi. Golden door. Veracruz. At each, geography and weather work together to make watching the annual…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that it will protect the California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. This decision comes 33 years after the Northern Spotted Owl was listed as Threatened (in June 1990) and…
Last spring we held our latest photo competition, the 2021 BirdWatching Photography Awards, here on our website. We received over 770 entries – images of owls, eagles, hummingbirds, cranes and passerines, among others – from hundreds of photographers. Thank you to everyone who participated! The selection of images was stellar, as all of our previous…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email William Parker Teed won third place in the 2021 BirdWatching Photography Awards with this beautiful shot of roseate spoonbills standing on the beach in Fort Myers on Florida’s Gulf Coast. He photographed the idyllic scene in August 2016. A few of…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The challenge of “balancing wildlife conservation and decarbonizing the power sector” has faced grasslands and shrub-steppes across North America, according to findings published in the July 2022 issue of the Wildlife Society Bulletin. John Lloyd of the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Tina McManus’ July 2018 visit to Crane Beach, a 1,234-acre conservation area in Ipswich, Massachusetts, produced the second photo for the 2021 BirdWatching Photography Awards: this portrait of a lesser tern and her hungry chick. “Least Terns are one of my…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Michael Parr, president of the American Bird Conservancy, will deliver the keynote address at the Bringing Birds Back conference, scheduled for March 24-25 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Parr co-authored a landmark 2019 study that found 3 billion birds have disappeared from North…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Kathy McCulloch Wade, of Lake Forest Park, Washington, won first place at the 2021 BirdWatching Photography Awards with this stunning image of a short-eared owl facing a northern harrier, which faces away from the camera. She took the photo in mid-March…
Martine Violette ©2013 Ed Mattis Birdwatchers the world over know the springtime spectacle of hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes on Nebraska’s Platte River, but do you know about Cornhusker State’s other migratory bird spectacle? Tens of thousands of purple swallows congregate each evening from late June to early October as they begin their fall…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The Dusky Tetraka, a small, olive-colored, yellow-throated bird that hops on the ground and has eluded ornithologists for 24 years, was rediscovered by an expedition team searching the rainforests of northeast Madagascar. The expedition team, led by the Peregrine Fund’s Madagascar…
After more than 22,000 images submitted, the winners of the Bird Photographer of the Year 2021 competition were announced this week. We wrote about the grand prize winner, a photo of a Greater Roadrunner stopped at the US-Mexico border wall and the young winner here. Below is a slideshow of the gold and silver winning…
Swallow-tailed Kite in southern Georgia by gman79. Good news! The annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival kicks off today in Titusville, Florida, east of Orlando. Read about Space Coast and see it on a map. Editor Laura Erickson. Now in its 17th year, the festival has become a highlight of every winter, and this…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a new study finds that birds that have evolved to be more social are less likely to drive other birds away from a feeder or roost. Spend time looking at backyard bird feeders…
The distance was great, but the light was perfect and the view through my spyglass was clear. I watched gulls strolling through a wetland along the Churchill River, south of Manitoba’s still snow-capped Hudson Bay, on a cool but beautiful day in early June. I was hoping to find a needle in a haystack, a…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Bald eagles are often touted as a massive conservation success story due to their rebound from near extinction in the 1960s. But now a highly infectious virus may jeopardize that hard-fought comeback. Posted in Nature Science Reportsnew research from the University…
Delta Naturalists’ Society casual birders at Drayton Harbor, Blaine, Washington, January 6, 2014. Photo by Ken Borrie. In “Hotspots Near You” in our December 2012 issue, author and naturalist Anne Murray described a wonderful place in the Pacific Northwest: Drayton Harbor in Blaine, Washington. As Anne wrote, Drayton Harbor is a great place for birdwatching,…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The mostly brown Eurasian woodcock uses its brilliant white tail feathers to communicate in semi-darkness, reflecting 30% more light than any other known bird. These startling findings, by a team led by a scientist from Imperial College London, suggest there’s a…
Earlier this year, we held our first photo contest focused solely on images of birds in flight, the 2021 Birds in Flight contest, here on our website. We received over 825 entries – images of bald eagles, ospreys, blue jays, burrowing owls, hummingbirds, among others – from hundreds of photographers. Thank you to everyone who…
Ring-necked Duck in St. George, Utah, Jan. 27, 2014, by Redfish. Hatfield Lakes is a wastewater treatment facility located about 9 miles east of Bend in central Oregon and one of the places we named Hotspot Near You. In our February 2013 issue, Oregon-based natural history writer and freelance nature photographer Damian Fagan called it…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The evolution of an ornithologist is a lifeline connecting a series of memorable encounters, the dots on a line that define a lifetime. For me, most if not all of the interactive dots involving birds were accidental, and the line is…
A few days ago we revealed the finalists for our Birds in Flight 2021 Photo Contest, and now the winners have also been announced (see links below). We also want to share several other entries in this contest that we really liked: the 16 honorable mention images. Thank you to everyone who submitted over 825…
Great Egret with nesting material, High Island, Texas. Photo of John Phillips Jr. Smith Oaks is a treasure. It’s one of four Houston Audubon-maintained sanctuaries on High Island, Texas, and the perfect place if you want to see large numbers of songbirds, hummingbirds, and other northbound neotropical migrants that just crossed the Gulf of Mexico…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email More than 1,200 years ago, flightless elephants roamed the island of Madagascar and laid eggs larger than footballs. While these ostrich-like giants are now extinct, new research from the University of Colorado at Boulder and Curtin University in Australia reveals that…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Mike Dowsett won third place in our Birds in Flight 2021 competition with this extraordinary image of an osprey carrying a fish. Dowsett is originally from England and now lives in southern Michigan. He took the photo in August 2018 at…
American Wigeon, Fruit Bat, Ringnecked Duck and Greater Duck at Presqu’ile Provincial Park, Brighton, Ontario in April 2014. Photo by David Bree. Ontario’s Presqu’ile Provincial Park, on the north shore of Lake Ontario, is an important stopover for migratory birds, including waterfowl. In fact, thousands of birds of up to 20 species – redheads, ducks,…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The second place winner of our 2021 Birds in Flight competition is Ed Hughes, with this photo of an Eastern Flycatcher attacking a much larger Great Egret. He took the photo in June 2018 in a small pond in his hometown…
Protonotary Warbler at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Ohio, May 18, 2014, by Joan Tisdale. Just in time for spring migration and a host of upcoming birding festivals (see below), we learned of a new trail that will help you find and enjoy more birds this year. Called Canada’s South Coast Birding Trail, the new network…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Special cranial adaptations, including an asymmetrical “wonky” skull and enlarged ears, may give the critically endangered, ground-dwelling nocturnal parrot the edge it needs to navigate the Australian outback in the dark – even with limited eyesight and a large “bluffing” head….
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Third place in our 2021 Bird Portrait Contest goes to Tina McManus from Beverly, Massachusetts, for her photo of a Piping Plover with a dozing chick under its wing feathers. McManus took the photo in June 2020 on a beach near…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The second winner of BirdWatching’s 2021 Bird Portrait Contest is Dennis Stogsdill of Chappaqua, New York. He took this close-up photo of a southern ground hornbill’s face and especially its eyelashes in September 2021 in the Mara Triangle area of Kenya’s…
Bird feeding stations in Peru help protect the habitat of the wonderful Spatuletail hummingbird. Photo by westcoastbirder. Virtually all of our backyard birds would survive without our feeders. Yet bird feeding stations can be crucial for the continued survival of some species, and some feeders even play an important role in protecting against climate change….
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The annual number of migratory monarchs wintering in Mexico is once again dismal for the iconic orange and black butterflies. This year’s tally showed a 22% drop from 2022, leaving the butterfly highly vulnerable to extinction. The count found only 2.21…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Karen Griggs Winchester of North Port, Florida won first place in BirdWatching’s 2021 Bird Portrait Contest with this stunning photo of Sandhill Crane foals resting on their mother’s back while being sheltered by her wings. She photographed the moment in mid-March…
The great bustard is a specialty of southern Portugal. This one was photographed on March 30, 2008 by Andrej Chudý (Wikimedia Commons). If you’ve ever thought it might be fun to see a Spanish imperial eagle, one of the rarest birds of prey in the world, or if you want to witness the extravagant courtship…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email A woodpecker species once thought to be restricted to recently burned areas can also breed successfully in unburned parts of fire-prone landscapes, according to a study by scientists at Oregon State University. The research sheds new light on the Black-backed Woodpecker…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The breeding season for waterfowl offers wonderful opportunities for action shots of ducks, geese and swans, depending on where you live and the species that nest near you. One of my most memorable experiences with breeding waterfowl was one year in…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Today, award-winning vocal jazz artist Emilie-Claire Barlow releases “Spark Bird,” her first full-length album in five years. As the title suggests, birds inspired Barlow’s creativity. During the isolation of the coronavirus pandemic, Barlow wondered if she would ever want to make…
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico, home to an annual wildlife show of wintering sandhill cranes, snow geese and other birds, last December hosted a photography workshop organized by Canon USA, Inc. The Canon team live-streamed the event, which was hosted by Canon Explorer of Light and wildlife photographer Charles Glatzer and…
Cuban endemic gnatcatcher, December 2016. Photo by Floyd Downs. The spectacular birds above and below were photographed by birdwatchers who traveled to Cuba with Bird watching magazine in early December 2016. Guided by biologist Luis Diaz, curator of the National Museum of Natural History in Havana, and Bird watching editor Chuck Hagner, the group has…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email New research shows how the body condition of nestlings in a shearwater colony rapidly declined in just over a decade. Human impacts are considered the most likely cause. Researchers collected data on how body condition, which includes wing, head and beak…
Last fall, we called for entries for our first-ever Backyard and City Bird Photo Contest, here on our website. Bird photographers captured more than 600 images taken in yards, parks and other urban and suburban locations. Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest! Below is a slideshow of our 12 honorable mention images….
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email A new series of three short films titled Big Sur Giants from documentary filmmaker Ross Thomas takes viewers into the world of the California condor and the Ventana Wildlife Society biologists who work to protect it. Thomas accompanies Joe Burnett, a…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Researchers are deploying the latest mapping techniques to identify the most important suburban habitat for a Pileated Woodpecker species. Ruijia Hu, a doctoral student at the University of Cincinnati, said wildlife habitat in congested places like southwestern Ohio is becoming more…
At the end of 2021, we called for entries for our first-ever Backyard and City Bird Contest, here on our website. Bird photographers captured more than 600 images taken in yards, parks and other urban and suburban locations. Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest! Entries included images of owls, hummingbirds, cardinals, jays,…
Chestnut-mouthed Toucan in Costa Rica. Photo by Ray Robles Spectacular colors, strange names, dramatic shapes! North American birders looking to broaden their horizons invariably find a guide to the birds of Costa Rica in their hands. Field guides to the country’s birds are impossible to put down, the stuff of birdwatcher travel dreams, and the…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email This news comes from our friends at the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Partnership, and it focuses on a Wisconsin-based songbird conservation initiative. While the details are specific to the Badger State, we’re sharing them because…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The photo above by Glenn Ostle of Charlotte, North Carolina won third place in BirdWatching’s 2021 Backyard and City Bird Photo Contest. “Since we live in North Carolina, we have a lot of Carolina Wrens in our backyard,” Ostle explains. “They…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Update, April 13: Condor Crisis Deepens; 18 dead in three weeks Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed as the cause of the deaths of three California condors found in northern Arizona, according to wildlife officials. The Arizona-Utah population moves…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Meryl Lorenzo from Bayville, New York won second place in our 2021 Backyard and City Bird Photo Contest with this photo of a hungry hummingbird. The sharp, detailed look of the photo as a tiny ruby-throated hummingbird fed on a much…
Georgia’s barrier islands feature a mix of sand, mud and salt marshes, ideal habitats for shorebirds. Photo by Brad Winn The Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) recently designated nearly 80,000 acres along the Georgia coast as its 100th significant site for shorebirds. The site, known as the Georgia Barrier Islands, was considered a landscape…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email In late March, the Hawaii Land and Natural Resources Board (BLNR) unanimously approved a plan to eliminate mosquitoes at the landscape scale in critical forest bird habitat to reduce populations of mosquitoes. mosquitoes in the dense, humid forests of East Maui….
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Maureen Hills-Urbat of Rockyview County, Alberta is the winner of our first backyard and city bird photo contest with this image of bickering blue jays. “We are very lucky to live in the foothills west of Calgary, Alberta and have a…
David Sibley Wildlife Acoustics, creator of the Song Sleuth bird identification app, is running a contest where the winner will go birdwatching with David Sibley in May 2018. The “Song Sleuth with Sibley” competition presented with LLBean gives birdwatchers the unique opportunity to bird-watch with Sibley, the renowned artist and author of The Sibley Guide…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Deteriorating habitat conditions caused by climate change are taking their toll with the timing of bird migration. A new study shows that birds can partially compensate for these changes by delaying the start of spring migration and making the trip faster….
Kentucky Warbler, one of the species that can be seen along Maryland’s Indian Head Rail Trail. Photo by Hans Spiecker Subscribe today to BirdWatching magazine for tips, birding hotspots and more! This Saturday, April 7 marks the sixth annual Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Trail Open Day. It’s a day when people kick off the spring trail season…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The decades-long project to prevent the extinction of the California condor is facing a new crisis due to the widespread strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported Wednesday that six condors have been confirmed…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Since the 1950s, mankind has produced around 8.3 billion tons of plastic, adding another 380 million tons to this amount every year. Only 9% of this is recycled. The inevitable result is that plastic is everywhere, from the depths of the…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email A rare species of kingfisher that has only existed in captivity since 1988 is the subject of a reintroduction project that could one day bring it back to the island of Guam. The Sihek (also known as the Guam Kingfisher) is…
Rock Point Provincial Park in southeastern Ontario. Photo by JamesJongPhotography/Shutterstock Stretching along the north shore of Lake Erie for more than 350 miles is Canada’s most temperate region, aptly dubbed “the Riviera of Canada.” The region’s similarities with the Mediterranean coastline are surprising. Both lie along a latitude of around 42 degrees and enjoy a…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently made a startling discovery, using a wind tunnel and a flock of birds. The songbirds, many of which make twice-yearly non-stop flights of more than 1,000 miles…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email If you haven’t paid attention to new photo products in a while, now is the time. Over the past 12 to 18 months, digital mirrorless photography has come into its own. There’s no denying that for the first time ever, DSLR…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email On Thursday, April 20, the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built is set to launch from SpaceX facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, an area surrounded by federal and state public lands. Hundreds of thousands of individual birds of many different…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email I’m happy to announce that our website has a new directory of birding tour providers! These are businesses and non-profit organizations that offer bird watching tours to the public. Several of them conduct tours around the world while many others focus…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The Red Knot, one of the Western Hemisphere’s migratory distance champions, has been the subject of three good news stories in the past month. 1, horseshoe crab fishing stop On April 6, the U.S. District Court in Charleston, South Carolina prevented…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Last week, a Brazilian federal judge suspended all licenses previously granted to energy company Voltalia to build a wind farm in the habitat of the endangered Lear’s macaw in northeast Brazil. . In his decision, the judge said these licenses cannot…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Stan Bysshe of Marshall, Virginia wins third place in our 2022 BirdWatching Photography Awards competition with this spectacular shot of a bald eagle in an Alaskan snowstorm. “Winter weather in Kachemac Bay, Alaska can change in a minute,” Stan writes. “On…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email As the coronavirus pandemic has devastated the birdwatching and ecotourism travel industry worldwide, a number of tour guide providers are offering virtual tours of birdwatching sites for free or for a small fee. These events provide a glimpse of the wildlife…
The importance of water is at the center of this year’s World Migratory Bird Day, an annual celebration of migratory birds and a call to action to protect them. Throughout 2023, organizers are spreading the message that “water sustains bird life” and highlighting ways to conserve and protect aquatic habitats. This year’s WMBD poster, featuring…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Danielle Rockett of Ottawa, Ontario wins second place in our 2022 BirdWatching Photography Awards competition with this image of a great horned owl and her young owl in their nest. “Every year, at the end of December, a couple of Great…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email At the beginning of August, our friends from Panama Day Trips, based in Panama City, offered us Bird watching readers a free virtual birding experience: attendees were able to watch via Zoom for a few hours as tour guide Jerin Tate…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email North American grassland birds are disappearing at an alarming rate. Since 1970, more than half of all grassland birds in the United States and Canada have disappeared, and species such as Bobolinks and Mountain Plovers are on track to lose another…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Jim Burns of Scottsdale, Arizona is the winner of our 2022 BirdWatching Photography Awards competition with this remarkable photo of a fight between a Gilded Flicker and a European Starling. He took the photo in the Tonto National Forest in Maricopa…
A Spanish imperial eagle with its next meal. Photo by Shutterstock For wildlife travelers from the United States, Spain offers a range of interesting habitats and an equally fascinating array of species, all carefully contained in an area only slightly smaller than Texas. Due to its position, connecting North Africa and Southern Europe, Spain encompasses…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The saying “birds of the same feather flock together” takes on new meaning thanks to a study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Flocked birds often travel in groups consisting of a single species, in which individuals…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email At New Jersey Audubon, we care about the welfare of birds just as much as we appreciate their beauty, amazing life stories, and inquisitive behaviors that are both playful and territorial. Our festivals have always been designed for maximum fun on…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Every year, about 10 million waterfowl fly north to their breeding grounds in the prairie pothole region of North America, but the landscape that welcomes them has changed. Weather and agricultural practices have dramatically transformed the pothole-strewn native grasslands that waterfowl…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email What’s good for the Black-backed Woodpecker is good for restoring California’s burned forests. The unique relationship of birds with fire underpins the latest research on improving post-fire management. A study published in Ecological applications describes a new tool that factors how…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Last winter, at the tender age of 71, I underwent a procedure that would have a major impact on my life: total knee replacement surgery. My previously stiff and painful arthritic knee has improved dramatically and I’ve pretty much returned to…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Have you ever identified 200 bird species in 24 hours? Anywhere in North America or elsewhere? Forty years ago, a group of birdwatchers thought it could be done – in New Jersey of all places! And so, the World Series of…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email “This proposal is politically motivated and has no place in how we manage our nation’s wildlife,” said Marshall Johnson, conservation manager, National Audubon Society. “Congress should not let politics interfere where the science is clear. This bird will disappear from our…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Third place in our Birds in Flight 2022 contest goes to Rebecca DePorte from Princeton, New Jersey. In mid-April 2022, Rebecca observed a barred owl at Blue Cypress Lake in Vero Beach, Florida. “Suddenly three grackles appeared and started flying towards…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Spotted the raptors before seeing the Jackson Lake sinkhole. Ospreys and red-headed vultures circled in tight circles above a small pool of water, surrounded by the sloping sides of what had been the bottom of the lake. I walked to the…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that it would reopen consideration of whether to list the bi-state sage-grouse as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. disappearance. “Perhaps the third time will be the charm to get…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email First place in our 2022 Birds in Flight contest goes to Steve Large of Nanaimo, BC, for this crisp image of a Yellow-rumped Warbler with its wings outstretched and flared tail. Steve took the photo in May 2022 at Oliver Woods…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society that analyzed 17 years of migratory bird nesting data in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, found that nest survival dropped dramatically near high-use oil and gas infrastructure. and related noise, dust, traffic and air pollution….
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Of all the raptor species pursued by photographers, the osprey, also aptly known as the “fish hawk,” is perhaps the most exhilarating to observe in flight. It is also one of the most difficult to photograph when in flight. By far…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email The cover story of our May/June 2022 issue looks at the Prothonotary Warbler and the work of the Jackson Audubon Society in Jackson, Mississippi, as it annually monitors the local Prothonotary Warbler population. The striking species of warbler breeds in the…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Following a massive rocket explosion in South Texas, state and local environmental groups and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas, Inc. yesterday sued the Federal Aviation Administration for failing to fully analyze and mitigate damage environmental impacts resulting from the launch of…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email March 2013. It was a foggy morning in Gamboa, along the Panama Canal. The sun hadn’t risen yet, but I stumbled out of bed to the rhythm of palm tanagers and clay thrushes. Red-legged Honeycreepers hopped frantically through a tangle of…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Derrick Z. Jackson of Cambridge, Massachusetts, describes this puffin photo, which took third place in our 2022 bird portrait contest, as a “happy composition on Eastern Egg Rock, Maine.” “It’s a row of puffins along granite boulders with a wave crashing…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Second place in our 2022 Bird Portrait Contest goes to John Economaki from Lake Oswego, Oregon. He took this incredible shot at sunrise on Nickerson Beach in Long Island, New York, a place where lesser terns breed. “That chick was left…
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email So, reader, when was the last time you went bird watching? Do not chase after a mega rarity. Not scanning shorebird flocks for certain species that conventional thought should not be there. Just watch the birds for the pleasure they provide….
Share this: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this article Share by email Dustin Huntington won first place in BirdWatching’s 2022 Bird Portrait Contest with this remarkable image of a Calliope hummingbird he photographed from the patio of his home in Tijeras, New Mexico. “I had set up to photograph the various hummingbirds up…
Jungle Bird is KL’s inaugural rum bar. Drawing inspiration from an Aviary Bar cocktail created in the former Hilton Kuala Lumpur, its design honors all things tiki with palm-print wallpaper and bamboo accents. Drinks at this bar tend to be either classics or innovative takes on existing recipes, with an emphasis on rum but also…
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Jungle Bird brings laid back Caribbean vibes to Fremantle’s West End High Street strip, serving classic rum cocktails, Jamaican rice and peas dishes and salt fish fritters. Rum lovers’ delight! Markets Jungle Bird offers plenty of activities and events to occupy visitors, and among the finest of these are Fremantle Markets – famous since 1897,…
Take a relaxing journey through the rainforest on board one of our gondolas, and spot rare animals such as the Kuranda tree frog (Litoria myola). From above, marvel at this tropical paradise from an elevated perspective! Bird‘s-eye views are photographs taken from above a subject, typically by using an aerial drone or aircraft, though you…
Whip-poor-wills provide one of nature’s most soulful melodies, yet many remain unaware that these nocturnal forest birds are now disappearing from our forests. birds that are active at night have developed various adaptations for survival, including large eyes, camouflaged plumage and enhanced senses. Some even freeze if approached during daylight hours! The Whip-poor-will The onomatopoeic…
Wood Thrushes have an easily recognizable flute-like song in the forest that stands out in summer, providing an easily recognisable summer sound. Their cinnamon brown and speckled coloring helps them blend in on forest floors where they forage for food. Transport your audience into an ancient forest, majestic swamp or forested stream with these high…
The Jungle Bird Drink is a tropical, refreshing, and well-balanced rum cocktail with subtle bitter notes from Campari. It was invented during Malaysia’s former Kuala Lumpur Hilton Aviary Bar’s Golden Era of cocktails back in the 70s. Dark rum adds depth and complexity to this tropical sipper. Jamaican is usually best, although light or blackstrap…
The jungle bird, first created at Malaysia’s Aviary bar in the 1970s, is a refreshing tropical rum beverage combining fruit juices with bitter liqueurs to produce an easy sipper perfect for tiki-themed bars. Make this drink even more flavorful by choosing Jamaican or blackstrap rum for its rich and distinct aroma. Rum The Jungle Bird…
Bird‘s-eye views provide an aerial perspective of the world, whether seen from an airplane or standing atop a tall tower. Bird’s-eye views can reveal hidden beauty that often goes unseen at ground level. For instance, large parks and squares can become circular from above while vegetation takes on unique geometric forms. What is a bird’s-eye…
Jungle Bird may no longer reside at Hilton Kuala Lumpur, but its popularity continues to soar. Inspired by new ideas applied to traditional recipes, this tiki bar continues to soar high. Opening in 2017, this rum-focused lounge exudes tiki through rattan furniture, rainforest wallpaper and fake greenery. Expect a menu which takes into account local…
The Bird in Hand (the “Bird”) is an iconic community pub in Fforest that has hosted wedding receptions, wakes and christening parties as well as New Year’s Day parties for years. Additionally, they host fundraising events for Latch and Cancer Research UK that bring in local patrons for drinks or fundraising events. Legend holds that…
Birds sing to communicate with one another and with their environment. Different species produce distinctive calls and songs, often more intricate in terms of song than call. Sounds of birdsong can be both soothing and alarming; Chickadees emit high seets when they detect aerial predators like raptors. African shrikes Shrikes of Africa are some of…
Jungle Bird is a tropical-inspired tribute to one of the oldest natural spirits. Joshua Ivanovic, Lolita Goh and Divyesh Chauhan have recreated much of its original ambience at their new digs; with classic cocktails like Planes Trains Automobiles on offer along with innovative offerings like Rummin’ Round the World which recognizes all nations producing rum….
Bird‘s-eye views provide an aerial perspective of a subject. They may be captured using various means – hot air balloon, aeroplane, helicopter, tall buildings or drone – providing aerial photographs. Forest Bird Eye View provides an enchanting journey over the tropical rainforest of northern Queensland, allowing you to search the trees for creatures found within…
Birds that hunt or migrate at night require special adaptations in order to survive. Torpor, which involves lowering core body temperatures in order to save energy, and having camouflaging or freezing up plumage may all aid their efforts and allow them to remain unseen by predators. Even with its dull coloration, the mockingbird is a…
Bird sounds can provide valuable clues to their identification, though it’s important to keep in mind that calls often consist of repeated noises with slight pitch variations – it takes practice to become an expert bird sound expert! Ludwik Tomialojc, Tomasz Wesolowski and Wieslaw Walankiewicz began extensive bird research in Bialowieza Forest in 1975; all…
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