Birding

Field Notes From My First Rare-Bird Sighting
February 01, 2019 — When a Red-flanked Bluetail strayed into Los Angeles, one fledgling birder joined the stakeout鈥攁nd learned a few things in the process.
Subzero Temperatures Couldn't Stop This Rugged Wyoming Christmas Bird Count
January 31, 2019 — A chance to spot Greater Sage-Grouse and see which species will show up at a certain geothermal pool makes enduring the cold worthwhile.
After an Injury, Maine's Famous Great Black Hawk Faces an Uncertain Future
January 28, 2019 — [Updated] Rehabbers helping the stray raptor from Mexico now face an ethical dilemma: Where to release a bird thousands of miles from home?
Meet the Heart and Soul of America's Oldest and Largest Bird Count
January 25, 2019 — Geoff LeBaron has led 爆料公社's Christmas Bird Count for the last 32 years, long before crowdsourcing scientific data was in fashion.
For Chicago Birders, a Christmas Day CBC Is the Perfect Holiday Tradition
January 24, 2019 — Participants in this year's count, including the author and her family, enjoyed a day outside birding while also snagging a pair of rarities.
Impending Wall Construction Looms Over Bird Count at U.S.-Mexico Border
January 22, 2019 — For 60 years, birders have spent a winter day tallying birds at this unique ecological crossroads where work on the barrier will begin in February.
A Vagrant European Robin Is Drawing Huge Crowds in China
January 15, 2019 — The rarity popped up at the Beijing Zoo earlier this month, revealing a booming Chinese birding scene.
How Do Birds Spend Cold Winter Nights?
January 02, 2019 — Huddling together and fluffing up are some of the ways that birds protect themselves from the chills of winter.
A Mexican Hawk in Maine Has Somehow Survived Two Snowstorms
December 19, 2018 — Hundreds of people have visited the first wild Great Black Hawk to venture into the United States, where it's dining on squirrel instead of lizard.
Better Know a Bird: The Massive, Fickle Breeding Colonies of Tricolored Blackbirds
December 18, 2018 — At first glance, the species might be hard to distinguish from Red-winged Blackbirds, but wait until they gather by the tens of thousands to nest.