The first step for novices, Tan says, is simply to get outside and look around. You can start by taking note of the birds you ...

When Owen Reiser found his brother on the porch with a bong placed on the family’s bird guide, he knew something was up. Quentin Reiser said he wanted to spend the next year traveling the U.S. looking ...

Diane Crookham-Johnson has learned a lot from watching birds these last seven years. She’s learned that no matter how many ...

My 5-year old grandson recently had a snow day. To entertain him, his parents brought out pinecones, peanut butter and ...

You know the feeling of spotting a brightly colored robin or blue jay perched outside your window; a fleeting moment that offers a feeling of joyful glee and curiosity akin to being a kid. While most ...

Tamir Gray had been skeptical when his girlfriend invited him along to bird-watch one weekend last spring. He figured it would be boring. Gray was still in university and had been living according to ...

Before my home became my office and my cafe and my observation deck two months ago, I didn't notice birds so much as I simply accepted their chirping as part of the morning soundtrack of daily life.

Last week I guided a store-sponsored bird walk to Yarnell and Congress. Our route took us directly through Peeples Valley, so ...

The N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort is leading two excursions in January to observe wintering waterfowl in eastern North ...

Chimney Rock, on the eastern spur of the Point Reyes headlands in California, is well known for the elephant seals that congregate there. One afternoon, while walking down the path overlooking them, I ...

South Effingham High, Cornell graduate accepting donations to preserve 16 acres of land for bird conservation.

Unlike the spring and summer, where forests and scrubby grasslands are your friend, winter birding is all about salt marshes, ...