The increasingly popular gadgets, which take photos of avian visitors, are turning at-home birding into a shared experience.

The placement of your bird feeder matters. Here’s how to bring all the birds to your yard while keeping them safe, healthy ...

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped atop one of the tee boxes to survey its surroundings. I focused my ...

Dr. Nicole Michel joined National Audubon Society’s Conservation Science Division in December 2015. As the Director of Quantitative Science, Nicole leads a diverse and talented team of quantitative ...

Back in Madera Canyon, Vazquez, Grbic, and Davis come across 38 bird species, including a Zone-tailed Hawk, a Yellow-rumped Warbler, a Dusky-capped Flycatcher, and more than 10 types of hummingbirds.

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

Birdwatching is as easy as going outside and watching for birds. Seriously. But it's helpful to bring some basic gear along to spot and identify all you see.

The areas singled out for development are like vital organs that sustain vast migrations and entire ecosystems, says David Krause, vice president of Audubon’s Alaska program. For myriad bird species, ...

Unassuming and highly respectable little brown birds, the Swainson’s Thrushes are much more often heard than seen, but they demand to not be overlooked. The return of their song brings richness to the ...

In 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided against declaring the bird extinct, even as it noted that the last generally agreed upon sighting of the bird was in 1944. In Benavidez’s rendering, ...

As she recounts in her new memoir, Turning to Birds, it was just the “oomph” she needed to return to her own demanding life. The book, Taylor’s first, charts her blossoming as a birder, from a casual, ...