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Hannah and Erik Go Birding: Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival 2025

Species Spotlight: Bearded Bee-eater

An Interview with Bo Beolens of the Fatbirder birding site

Best Retirement Countries for Birders

Demotivational Posters for Birds (IX)

Birding Playa de los Lances in Southern Spain

Chasing Rarities

Ask a Birder: Why do some birds have forward-facing eyes while others have sideways ones?

Bird Girl: Gene Stratton-Porter Shares her Love of Nature with the World: A KidLit Bird Book Review

Spoon-billed Sandpiper in Quanzhou

Bird Guides of the World: Ivan Phillipsen, USA

Birding Lodges of the World: Leleana Resort Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

Birding Bundala NP, Sri Lanka

Three Photos: Trash

The Chemistry of Birds (23): Water Conservation

Birding at the Movies

Non-birds Non Sequitur

Living on sugary water: the life of nectar-feeding birds

The Bird Way: A Book Review

Flocking time: a winter treat

Species Spotlight: Collared Owlet

Our Favorite Bird Books of 2025

Demotivational Posters for Birds (VIII)

Kenya’s Dry Country – Samburu

How Can You Help Conserve North America’s Hummingbirds?

Ask a Birder: What is the difference between bird songs and bird calls?

Flavours, Feathers and Forests

Habitats of North America: A Book Review

An Interview with Christine Webb, Author of “The Arrogant Ape”

Bird Guides of the World: Ardhy, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Birding Shanghai in November 2025

Birding Lodges of the World: Mela Kothi-Chambal Safari Lodge, India

Three Photos: Nesting Season of the Harpy Eagle in Colombia

The Chemistry of Birds (22): UV Protection

“What Was That?”

Cuckoos, Woodpeckers and Armchairs: Serendipitous Birding in Nilgala, Sri Lanka

Panama Trip Report: April 2017

Birding Barcelona

A touch of luck

Species Spotlight: Taiwan Yuhina

Interviews with 10,000 Birds Writer: Fitzroy Rampersad

Demotivational Posters for Birds (VII)

Another 10 Cute Birds

Join a Christmas Bird Count

Ask a Bird Guide: What’s one common misconception people have about the birds in your country or region?

In The Shadow Of The Bridge: Birds of the Bay Area

Why Deep Forest Birds Can’t Cross Roads

Bird Guides of the World: Ismael Khalifa, Egypt

Birding Kangding and Wenchuan, Sichuan, China

Birding Lodges of the World: Rusty Gate Mountain Retreat, South Africa

The Vivacious Life of the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo

The Chemistry of Birds (21): Feather Upkeep

Three Photos: Laughing At You, Not With You

The Pilgrim Falcon

Industrial Birding At Its Best

The Chukar Situation

Birds for wine lovers (or wines for bird lovers)

Species Spotlight: Taiwan Barwing

Three Countries, Three Birds: How Migration Taught Me to See

Interview with bird bander Allen Chartier

Demotivational Posters for Birds (VI)

Feathered Foes: Ten Reasons To Hate Birds

Shorb Season

A New Birding Buddy Is Exciting As A Lifer

Ask A Birder: What causes rare birds to show up?

Detour for the Ouvea Parakeet

Book Review: No Island Too Far by Michael Brooke

Bird Guides of the World: Niky & Mauro, Colombia

Birding Lodges of the World: Zomba Forest Lodge, Malawi

Birding Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

Three Photos: Fairy-wrens

The Chemistry of Birds (20): Energy Storage

Durban Botanical Gardens

On Goosander Hunting and Waterf(owl): Munich’s (Un)Popular Birds

Grey days and grey birds

Species Spotlight: Blue-winged Pitta

Fishermen, What to do if You Hook a Bird

Demotivational Posters for Birds (V)

Four Ugly Birds

Winter Wanderers

Ask a Birder: Which Countries are Best to See Pittas?

The Birds of Christmas: A KidLit Bird Book Review

Bird Guides of the World: Michael Klotz, Canada

Moroccan Birds Are Cool

Birding Lodges of the World: Hotel Heliconia, Panama

Birding the Tissamaharama area, Sri Lanka

Mild “autumn”

Three Photos: Winter in Liaoning, China

The Chemistry of Birds (19): Bird Bones

Love At First Sight

At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

A confusion of LBJs

Species Spotlight: Great Hornbill

Demotivational Posters for Birds (IV)

10 More Cute Birds

Someone Asked for More LBJs?

Ask A Bird Guide: What’s the hardest birding skill you’ve had to master — and how did you get better at it?

We Missed the Fall Migration: But Rock Creek Park Still Delivered

Bird City–An Author Interview

The rediscovery of Uganda’s endemic Fox’s Weaver

Bird Guides of the World: Iván Mota, Dominican Republic

Birding Shanghai in October 2025

Birding Lodges of the World: Sadiri Lodge, Bolivia

Three Photos: Endemic and Near Endemic Colombian Hummingbirds

The Chemistry of Birds (18): Forever Chemicals

The Ten Best Birds of Zambia

Birding Highlights of Northern Botswana

Hong Kong Trip Report: February 2014

Invaders from the Continent

Species Spotlight: Spotted Owlet

Book Review: The Merlin: The Ecology of a Magical Raptor by Frank Rennie

Ornithological history and a confluence of events

Ornithological history and a confluence of events

Demotivational Posters for Birds (III)

5 Wrens I’ve Met (So Far) on My Birding Adventures.

Bird Brains

Don’t Bird and Bike

Those Busy Little Birds

Ask A Birder: What Is Each Continent’s Most Popular Bird?

Book Review: Birding with AI by Ronald T. Kneusel

Bird Guides of the World: Chubzang Tangbi, Bhutan

Birding Lodges of the World: Birder’s Haven, Pabala Nature Reserve, South Africa

Open Country Birding around Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

The Chemistry of Birds (17): Chemicals in Bird Conservation

Three Photos: Singapore Sunbirds

October 2025 Global Big Day – 10,000 Birds Edition

Wisconsin’s Willow River State Park

Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja

Getting the Zitters

Species Spotlight: Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

Interviews with 10,000 Birds Writers: Dragan Simic, Serbia

Demotivational Posters for Birds (II)

5 Reasons To Write For 10,000 Birds (Collaborative Post)

Ecuador’s Andean Chocó: Birding Across Altitudes

Ask A Birder: Photograph Or Illustration?

The delights of urban birding

Layover in Fiji

An Interview with Kelly Isley, Author of “Amazing Hummingbirds You Can Find in Arizona”

Bird Guides of the World: Matthew Kwan, Hong Kong

Birding Yibin, Sichuan (again)

Birding Lodges of the World: Mapesu Private Game Reserve

How Birdy is South Florida during a Global Big Day?

Three Photos: Shanghai

The Chemistry of Birds (16): DDT

Interview with Derek Lovitch, Bird Book Author, Bird Guide and Bird Store Owner

Exploring the Lagoa dos Salgados

Birding by Bicycle: Around Lake Naivasha, Kenya

The Top 25 Target Birds to Look for in Costa Rica

Three Ducks

Species Spotlight: Rose-ringed Parakeet

Mopping Up: Every Lister’s Final Act

Demotivational Posters for Birds (I)

Tres Cerritos, Michoacán

The Bully in my Backyard

Ask A Bird Guide: What Conservation Challenge Most Directly Affects Birds In Your Region?

Book Review – Amazing Hummingbirds You Can Find in Arizona

I Am We: A KidLit Bird Book Review

Mountain Birds Running Out of Sky

Bird Guides of the World: Quy, Vietnam

Birding Bali Barat, Indonesia

Birding Lodges of the World: Mosaic Lagoon Lodge, South Africa

Fruit Eaters

The Chemistry of Birds (15): Bird Feathers as Bioindicators

Three Photos: Critically Endangered

The Perils of Modern Birding Tours

10 Reasons Why Birds Win the Species Competition With Humans

Wyoming!

Seabirds: The New Identification Guide: An ID Guide Review

Real birds eat fish

Species Spotlight: White-throated Kingfisher

Buzzard Unbothered

5 Dream Birds of our Writers (Collaborative Post)

Educating Cuban bird guides, protecting Cuban endemics

A Course in Coursers

Ask a Birder: Why do I find baby birds cute but not human babies?

Comederos en las Nubes: A Birding Paradise in the Hills Above Panama City

Bird Guides of the World: Carlos Henrique Almeida, Brazil

Flight of the Godwit: Tracking Epic Shorebird Migrations

Book review: Field Guide of Birds? Maybe?

Birding Shanghai in September 2025

Birding Lodges of the World: Casa Cubuy, Puerto Rico

Finding Africa’s most elusive skulkers, the nine flufftail species

Species Turnover

The Chemistry of Birds (14): Oxygen Transport

Three Photos: Tern Tern Tern (Lame Byrds Joke)

Afforestation 2025

Writers Wanted (Still)

Birding by Bicycle: Near Lake Natron, Tanzania

The Kung Fu Approach to Birding

A stroll in the park

Species Spotlight: Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill

Most Photogenic Birds

Birds and Bears

Ask a Birder: “Who do you think clears up after Glastonbury?”

Florence Nightingale and her Little Owl