Ring in spring with five books to help you spot and identify both birds and plants.

Becca Rowland’s quirky book “Bird Talk” helps readers identify bird calls by comparing them to everyday sounds like car alarms, phone buzzes and shopping carts.

Do you know why blue-footed boobies have blue feet? Author Laura Erickson does, and you’ll find the answers to this and many ...

The hobby of bird watching might be more popular than you think. A December 2024 article from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service revealed that 96 million Americans turned their eyes to the skies in 2022 ...

I’m old school, at least as far as field guides to birds go. I prefer a book to an app, but it’s a qualified preference. I ...

Because birding requires little gear, and can be done almost anywhere, it’s a great activity for your next trip. Here’s what ...

A Book About Owls, in Which Each Species Is a Marvel “What an Owl Knows,” by Jennifer Ackerman, is peppered with fascinating facts, photos and superlatives.

She’s spotted it being carried with dog-eared pages in Shevlin Park and perched in one of her neighbors’ windows, where its resident uses the book to identify birds passing through her backyard.

A field guide, a pair of binoculars and Merlin — the ultimate free smartphone app for bird identification — is all you need to start birding.

Merlin's Sound ID can identify 1,054 bird species. It's based on a library of 2 million recorded bird songs from around the world.