Have you ever seen a flash of color, heard a whistling song and wondered what bird just flew by? Then bird-watching might be a great hobby for you! Other than a willingness to look carefully and ...

I’ve become The Bird Guy to my friends and family. When they see a bird they don’t recognize, I’m asked to identify it with nothing more than a blurry photo. When the algorithms feed them bird-related ...

Picking a birding field guide is a little like picking a spouse. You have to find it attractive, of course, but that’s just not enough for the long haul. You need something smart, reliable. Something ...

Is there no aspect of human life that hasn’t been offered an unrequested helping hand from technology? Is there a drowsy Luddite left on the planet who hasn’t one way or another been forced to wince ...

What’s the best way to learn your local birds? One of the most common methods has traditionally been to get a book. A good field guide to birds will contain illustrations or photos along with helpful ...

Field guides to bird identification — actual books printed on paper — continue to be popular tools for figuring out what birds you are seeing in your yard or during a trip to the mountains. In my ...

While staying home for virtually the last year, most of us have grown tired of being in the same setting, surrounded by the same walls. But take a look out the window and you might be surprised by a ...

If spring migration is nigh, can bobolinks be far behind? The approach of April fills the hearts of Arkansas’s bird lovers. Here come the painted buntings! Warblers! Scissor-tailed flycatchers!

As the weather warms and more birds are heard and seen throughout North America, the National Audubon Society has made materials that aid in observation and study of birds accessible to a wider ...

Along with a multitude of insects, mammals and venomous creatures, there is an abundance of shorebirds that call South Texas home. There's good reason Corpus Christi has long been called the "Birdiest ...