Bird Watching News

B.J. Best claims he is not an avid bird watcher, yet the author photo on the back cover of Birds of Wisconsin depicts the poet in a wooded setting wearing a canvas fedora that is perfectly suited to an aviary expedition.

Bird watching can be fascinating and fun, but to get a lot out of it, you need more than a pair of binoculars.

When the last of the Valentine's Day chocolates have been eaten and the flowers have begun to droop, it'll be time for the 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, which this year takes place from Friday, February 17 through Monday, February 20.

At least once or twice every season, I like to go on an all-day, all-out bird-watching trip someplace in Ohio.

Visitors to McNary National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday will have the chance to discover the abundance of ducks, swans, geese and other migrating birds during Waterfowl Day.

Lilian Hougan-Veenema is no stranger to bird watching, but her eyes still lit up as she watched a bald eagle fly over Halifax Harbour on Saturday.

A three-day festival centered on Mare Island and focused on birds, nature and local art gets under way today with self-guided walks and an opening reception.

A quirky event called the Keep Your Chicken in Line parade kicks off the Edison Bird Festival this weekend in the Skagit Valley hamlet that sits amid some of the world's finest bird-watching opportunities.

There's been a buzz in recent days in the bird-watching community that tundra swans have arrived early on Long Point Bay.

Not everybody is enjoying this up-to-now largely snowless winter. Skiers are bummed out and snowplow operators are hurting.

A downy woodpecker is one of the many species of birds you might find near your bird feeder if you take part in the 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count.

Beginning in March, biologists and students from Oregon State University will try to scare and drive off some birds before they can nest on East Sand Island.

There are plenty of places on Woot where you can find helpful information. This is not one of those places.

Jerusalemites that enjoy the outdoors can get in the spirit of Tu Bishvat, experience nature and take a breather in the heart of the city.

There's been a buzz in recent days in the bird-watching community that tundra swans have arrived early on Long Point Bay.

Members of the Cowichan Valley Naturalists scoped out the Qualicum Beach waterfront Saturday as part of a bird watching field trip.

Despite the region's mild winter, bird watchers in the region have been treated to a snowy sight recently, with a large jump in the number of snowy owls migrating to the New Hampshire coast.

The annual Super Bowl BBQ Throwdown – with Danny's BBQ challenging Turbo's BBQ – will benefit Coastal Animal Rescue of Murrells Inlet.

Recently I wrote about the potential dangers of maintaining a heated bird bath when temperatures drop, say,A below 20 dgrees or so.

The great horned owl, one of the largest and most powerful raptors in North America, has not successfully nested in either borough since records started being kept more than 100 years ago.