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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Outside Institute’s Field Guide to the Northeast, a three-guide series. Mushrooms: An Illustrated Field Guide by Niko Summers (Whalen, 2022) National Audubon Society’s Wildflowers of North America ...

There’s a brand-new series of seven field guides to help people learn about the birds found in their region of the United States and Canada. The All About Birds Regional Field-Guide Series is built ...

Aside from having berry-rich shrubs and spaces that provide shelter for backyard birds, offering food is another way to keep birds coming to your yard all winter long. Keeping your bird feeders full, ...