How Did the Chicken Cross the Sea?
Chickens reach the New World by canoe

Following the Birds that Follow the Ants
DNA analysis sheds light on evolution of this unique behavior

View from Sapsucker Woods
Letter from the Director of the Lab

Borg 77EDII Telescope for Birding Photography
Review of Borg 77EDII Telescope for Birding Photography

Tundra Trek
On the road along Alaska's famed Dalton Highway

Unsafe Haven?
Some of the most vital bird habitat on Alaska's North Slope is threatened

Scope Quest 2008
Scanning the horizon for the world's best birding optics

Border Traffic
The challenge of saving Mexico's vanishing Thick-billed Parrots

The Galapagos of the North
Photographing seabirds in the spectacular Pribilofs

Merlin Encounter
At a hawk watch, conversation is just what happens between hawks

Naturalist's Notebook
A Northern Harrier takes aim at some songbirds

Watercolors from Eden
Julie Zickefoose's artwork

Ten Times and Counting
The continuing appeal of southeastern Arizona

Jamaica Bay, New York
Birding at Jamaica Bay, New York

Why Sing the Wrong Song?
The puzzle of bilingual chickadees

Naturalist's Notebook
A Red-tailed Hawk hideout

Ancient Hummingbirds in Surprising Places
A fossil hummingbird from Europe?

A Hummingbird-Inspired Flying Machine
Toward a hovering robot

The Mysterious Squeak of the Anna's Hummingbird
How'd he make that sound?

How to Destroy Your Binoculars
Six avenues to really, really needing a new pair

Book Review: A Summer of Birds
Book Review: A Summer of Birds. Book by Danny Heitman (Louisiana State University Press: 2008)

Book Review: Good Birders Don't Wear White
Book edited by Lisa White (Houghton Mifflin: 2007)

Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die
Book by Chris Santella (Stewart, Tabori, and Chang: 2007)

Birding the Northern Route
Searching for rarities in the highlands of Peru

Spirit of the North
An intimate portrait of the Common Loon

Of Oystercatchers and Kayakers
Measuring the impact of humans in Kenai Fjords National Park

Zeiss Digital Camera Adaptor
Review of Zeiss Digital Camera Adaptor

Vanishing Vultures
A veterinary drug throws Asian vultures into a crisis

Sapsucker Cairn
Andy Goldsworthy builds a cairn in Sapsucker Woods

Presque Isle, Pennsylvania
Birding at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania

Naturalist's Notebook
Memories of scrub-jays

A Bird Photographer's Playground
The view from Bosque del Apache

Dietary Surprises of Western Sandpipers
Western Sandpipers feast on an unsuspected food

How Salmon Help Songbirds
Swimming upstream with a load of nutrients

Gannets Addicted to Junk Food
Are gannets giving up honest fishing?

The Oil Palm Dilemma
Slipping toward extinction, one potato chip at a time

The Things I Would Have Done Differently
Pete Dunne reminisces

Steiner Peregrine XP 8x44 Binoculars


A Birding Legend
Roger Tory Peterson turns 100

The Tree Swallow Farmer
A two-decade fascination with Tree Swallows

Birding California's Central Coast
Brian Sullivan guides you through his backyard

The Prairie Hens of Illinois
Mark Twain's favorite bird...to eat

Falcon Fever


Cerulean Warbler Conservation Award
The Cerulean Warbler Technical Group receives a Wings Across America grant for its El Grupo Ceruleo project

Preserving Wild Parrot Populations
The plight of a parrot that talks too well

Live from the AOU Meeting
A dozen stories from the 2008 scientific sessions

A Pop-Up Bird Book?
The bird book to give in the 2008 holiday season

Straight No Chaser
It's time to reconsider traveling just to add a checkmark to a list

Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida


The Accidental Phenologists
All birders becomes students of the seasons, without even trying

Naturalist's Notebook
Two California Thrashers face off

Dividing Via Migration
One species, two wintering ranges

Relaxing in the Tropics
The physiology of living near the equator

Opposable Chums


The Backyard Birdsong Guide


The Deal of the Century?
A controversial agreement is the best hope for this California wildnerness

Scrubland Survivors
The precarious existence of the Florida Scrub-Jay

Remembering Tom Vezo
Celebrating the life and artistry of one of America's most gifted photographers

A Supremely Bad Idea


Return to Warden's Grove


They Burn Birders, Don't They?
Pete Dunne wonders how safe being a birder really is these days

Naturalist's Notebook
A Peregrine Falcon goes bat-hunting

A Birder Placement Test
Test your knowledge of birding and culture

Okavango Safari
For sheer beauty and wildlife, Botswana's Okavango Delta has no peer

Mark Catesby's "Little Sparrow"
Can you identify this mystery bird from America's colonial era?

Dr. Orbell's Unlikely Quest
How a New Zealand physician's boyhood dream led to the rediscovery of a lost species

Snowbird Season
As the cold blast of winter descends on the Northeast, some welcome visitors start arriving

Frequent Flyers
Keeping common birds common is an investment in our quality of life

Birds in the 'Burbs
The paradox of the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Goldsmith-Schiffman Wildlife Sanctuary


In the Presence of Absence
The six-foot tall bronze sculptures of Todd McGrain's Lost Bird Project

An Online Art Gallery
Visit the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Online Gallery of Bird and Wildlife Art

West Nile Virus Fells Magpies
A fast-spreading disease has cut populations of California's native magpie nearly in half

The Snake That Ate Guam
For decades, brown tree snakes have eaten their way through Guam's native birds. Plants are next

Superdove: How the Pigeon Took Manhattan... and the World


Peregrine Quest: From a Naturalist's Field Sketchbook


The Stork's Nest: Life and Love in the Russian Countryside


Borg 77ED II Telescope for Bird Photography


Birding for Science
Birding for science benefits both the bird and the birder. Find out how you can get even more enjoyment out of your favorite activity

Top Ten Tips for Birding on a Budget
Ten ways to keep advancing your birding without breaking the bank

Citizen Science Rocks!
Data collected by citizen-science birders plays a pivotal role in the creation of the first-ever State of the Birds report

Great Backyard Bird Count Makes History


Optics on a Budget
When you can't afford the very best

White-winged Crossbills
Invasion of the cone snatchers

May 2009 Featured Photographer


Birding Festivals for Everyone
Rewarding experiences for birders of all levels

Brown Creeper
A brief encounter with a hard-to-find nest

Extreme Birding
Tips from Team Sapsucker

Four Keys to Bird ID
Bird identification can be tricky when you're starting out

June 2009 Featured Photographer


July 2009 Featured Photographer


Golden Eagles and Us
Reflections on a most remarkable raptor

The Allure of the Ivory Gull
How will global climate change affect this rare snow-white beauty of the far north?

Birding in the Bahamas
Exploring Great Abaco Island

Starting Over
A crosstown move brings an end to 12 years of backyard birding

An Enigma, Wrapped in a Riddle, Inside a Pine Cone?
What are Red Crossbills anyway?

Free as a Bird
Act now for this exclusive offer! Supplies are unlimited!

Naturalist's Notebook
"Claim-jumping" sapsuckers scuffle in a California campground

Winter Wren Wraparound
A species stretches around the world, and doesn't recognize itself at the other end

Humans, Nature, and Birds


Egg and Nest


August 2009 Featured Photographer


Fencing the Border and Its Birds
Is there room for science in the border fence debate?

September 2009 Featured Photographer


Channel Islands Odyssey
Birding by kayak in California's spectacular Channel Islands National Park

Darwin's Other Birds
The humble pigeon, in all its splendid variety, may have influenced Darwin's thinking more than his finches did

A Canyon of Their Own
The fate of Mexico's Tufted Jay may depend on the success of ecotourism

Masters of the Wind and Sea
Large-scale fishing has endangered the world's albatrosses, but small changes to equipment could stem the losses

An Acoustic Anniversary
Recording a dawn chorus in Ithaca, 80 years ago

Radnor Lake State Natural Area, Nashville, Tennessee
Just 20 minutes south of Nashville lies the birding crown jewel of Music City, USA

Nikon EDG 10x42 Binoculars
Nikon cracks the top echelon of birding optics

The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology


Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson


Birding Gets Catty
For these veterans, a good morning of migration birding is the cat's meow

Naturalist's Notebook
In the morning sun, a pond boils over with swallows

View from Sapsucker Woods
Aerial photos show the reforestation of rural New York, including the Cornell Lab's home turf

With the Sapsuckers and Redheads
Cornell Lab teams fared well at the 2009 World Series of Birding

October Featured Artists
Vibrant portraits of remarkable birds, by middle-school students at Tualatin Valley Junior Academy, Oregon

November 2009 Featured Photographer
Matt Shellenberg trains his lens on warblers and waterbirds.

At Home With Adélies
December Featured Photographer Chris Linder gets up close with 500,000 penguins

Energy


Top Ten Ways to Conserve Energy While Birding


Reducing the Lab's Footprint


Birding by Bicycle


Innovative Air Conditioning


Energy Matters
Conserving energy, conserving wildlife

Hidden Costs of Energy
Lab's Elephant Listening Project searches for sound solutions

Acoustic Smog and Whales
We're working with partners to reduce the din beneath the waves

An Answer Is Blowing in the Wind
Workshop sets research agenda for wind power and migratory birds

Wind Power Affects Non-Migratory Birds, Too
Not all birds fly past wind turbines; some live underneath them

Cerulean Warbler
Partnerships working to reverse declines

How Green are Green Buildings?
Windows need to be more than energy efficient

Birding Festivals
Saving gas while enjoying new birds

Strike a Pose
January featured photographer Steve Byland has a knack for finding birds in odd places

Letters
Readers sound off on our article about Ivory Gulls and climate change

The View from Sapsucker Woods
Duck Stamps are a great buy for conservationists and hunters alike

Naturalist's Notebook
Two varieties of scrub-jays vie for an artist's attention

Wind Power and Wildlife
Broad-based efforts are under way to make wind power safe

Winged Pirates
Ahoy, ye scurvy flockmates!

Leica Televid APO 82 mm Scope
Leica makes a scope for the top shelf

Lars Jonsson's Birds: Paintings from a Near Horizon


Prairie Spring: A Journey Into the Heart of a Season


Get the Lead Out
Lead bullet fragments can poison wildlife—and people

Saying It With Flowers
The color-coordinated courtship of Australia's Golden Bowerbird

Flight of the Kuaka
In the air for eight days and seven thousand miles

Ecology Beyond Cub Scouts
Investigating berries and birds

Global Goals
Which birds would take you halfway around the world?

Couch Birding
I'm afraid you have a psychological affliction known as birding. Can you teach me?

Digiscoping Evolves
You can get great photos with a cell phone and a telescope. Featured photographer Charles Eldermire shows you how.

Coordinated Cooperation
Adult Taiwan Yuhinas coordinate feeding bouts to reduce nestling competition

Magical Realism
Paper and ink take wing under the pen of featured artist Catherine Hamilton

The Young and the Restless
Watching your neighborhood crows

Cooperative Squeakers
The Pygmy Nuthatches of Santa Cruz

The Importance of Family for Western Bluebirds
An occasional cooperative breeder sticks close to home

Shared Dynasties
Free love and family conflict in cooperative Acorn Woodpeckers

2010 Upcoming Birding Events and Festivals


Sons vs. Daughters
One cooperatively breeding species can produce more or fewer "helpers" as needed

When Females Dress Up
How cooperative breeding can brighten female plumage

Coordinated Cooperation
Taiwan Yuhinas coordinate feeding bouts to reduce nestling competition

How do Birds Cooperate?
An illustrated sampler of the ways birds pitch in to get ahead

A Bibliography of Cooperative Breeding
A species-by-species list of further reading, with links

Photography in Oz
Featured photographer Jeff Robinson finds he's not in Kansas anymore. Good thing he brought his camera.

Sapsucker Woods Centennial


View from Sapsucker Woods
A lucky double encounter with Golden Eagles

Migration Destinations: Western Mexico's Thorn Forests
Do some northern birds take a second crack at breeding on their way south?

With the Tribes in Montana
Manning Lakes Wetlands Tribal Reserve is a critical stopover for migrating birds

Chasing Rainbows


The Burrowing Owls of the Salton Sea
Maintaining an ecological balance in an artificial landscape

Meopta Meostar B1 32 Series 8x32 Binocular
Clarity in a compact package

Puget Sound Through an Artist's Eye


The Bird Catcher


Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado


A Naturalist's Notebook
A young raven learns to fly

A Gulf Coast Gallery
A tribute to birds of an exuberant coastline, from members of our Birdshare Flickr group

A Painted Landscape
In dry West Texas, featured photographer Peter Parker finds color everywhere he looks

Olivia Bouler, July Featured Artist
One girl's personal quest to heal the Gulf with art

Marsh Madness
Rare looks at some of the usual suspects in a California wetland

Interpreting Red-Winged Blackbird Behavior


Tracking an Invasion
FeederWatchers track the spread of Eurasian Collared-Doves

Top Ten Birding-for-Science Projects


Funky Nests
A contest turns up bird nests in unlikely places

From the Editor


eBird's Win-Win
How both scientists and birders benefit from eBird

Birding in the Space-Time Continuum
Tips from eBirders to enhance your eBird experience for fun and for science

The Power of the Crowd
FeederWatch data yield insights on bird trends, invasive species, and disease

Plumbing for Data
Science Pipes tap into an ocean of information

Take Note!
Keeping a field notebook sharpens your powers of observation—and preserves them

Listen Up!
Taking birding to the next level

Capturing Natural Sounds
How to record birds for fun and science

Arthur A. Allen Award Honors Linda Macaulay


Macaulay Library Celebrates Milestone


Upcoming Birding Events and Festivals
Sponsored listings

Investigating Behavior: Courtship and Rivalry
Online course shows how to interpret behavior

Don't Touch That Field Guide!
A Cornell class learns to observe first and open the field guide later

For Fun and Science
Better Birding through Monitoring

Black and White and UV all over
The hidden, stunning colors of chickadees

View from Sapsucker Woods
Even in financial hard times, spending money on land conservation makes sense

From the Editor


Live from the AOU Meeting
The next wave of leading ornithologists is on its way

Linda Macaulay, 2010 Recipient of the Arthur Allen Award


Sarett Nature Center, Benton Harbor, Michigan


A Naturalist's Notebook
A Ferruginous Hawk pirates prey from a Greater Roadrunner

First Look at an Ancient Field Guide
Full-color, feathered dinosaurs seen through molecular analysis

Vortex Razor 20–60x85HD Spotting Scope


Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds


The Bird: A Natural History of Who Birds Are, Where They Came From, and How They Live


A Feathered Tempest
The improbable life and sudden death of the Passenger Pigeon

Stretching the Canvas
A trek across the Peruvian wilderness turns up something spectacular

Kayak Birding at Kodiak Island
This remote Alaskan isle offers a fabulous array of birds and stunning scenery for adventurous birders

Note Imperfect
The ways we learn and remember bird song are as diverse as the singers themselves

Mementos of a Grouse Long Gone
Can you miss a bird that you have never seen?

Birding in the Garden of Good and Not So Good
Honest, sometimes thoughtless, we are a group of discourteous saints

See It, Sketch It, Learn It
Featured artist Maria Coryell-Martin goes birding one brushstroke at a time

Way Down South in Texas
Featured photographer Sam Crowe offers a warm-up for the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival

Backpacking Ospreys
Peering over the shoulders of migrating Ospreys

Overhearing a Migration Secret
Flight calls offer clues to a Swainson's Thrush migration route

From the Editor


Cornell Lab Taking Action to Help in the Gulf
Five ways we—and you—can help

Finding Plovers on a Vanishing Beach
An excerpt from our Gulf of Mexico field report series

eBirders Help Focus Gulf Conservation Efforts
New tool lets users report oiled birds online

Broaden Your Horizons at a Festival


A Second Look at "Seagulls"
A few tips to help you identify some common gulls

Myriad Seabirds Help Track Mercury Pollution
In the Gulf of Maine, each seabird species holds a different clue to the story

Birding the Drake Passage
Albatrosses and petrels make light work of the world's most ferocious waters

The Toughest Penguin Alive?


Birds of the Gulf
An illustrated look at five ways birds are at risk

Gulf Coast Wildlife Needs Our Help


View from Sapsucker Woods
The oil gusher is a 21st-century disaster, but it symbolizes our 19th-century ethics in balancing energy and the environment

Naturalist's Notebook
A Bushtit struggles with a very demanding chick

Harlequin Ducks and Oil Spills
Today's ducks are still being affected by 1989's Exxon Valdez oil

A Year on the Wing


The Private Lives of Birds


Albatross Island
Halfway between San Francisco and Japan, Midway Atoll is the largest albatross colony in the world

Flamingos of the Altiplano
On a high, lonely plateau in the Andes, a little-known population struggles to survive

Exploring the Falkland Islands
Charles Darwin dropped in here in 1833. More than 175 years later, they're still a spectacular place for wildlife

A Family of One
The rarely seen Plains-wanderer of Australia

Teens Convene
Annual event connects, inspires accomplished young birders

Counting Crows


Our Man in Mauritius
A volunteer records rare birds for the Macaulay Library

Shared Birds, Shared Goals
Conserving biodiversity in Cuba through capacity building

Citizen Science Flourishes in Cuba


Cross-Country Collaborators
BirdSleuth teachers bring peer review to the eighth grade

Science 101: Now With Real Data
Online data networks help college students ask new questions

eBird Goes Global
Connecting birders worldwide

Connect at a Festival


A Look at Our Flock


Jazzed About Birds
A composer finds inspiration in the skies

Next Stop, New Zealand
Thousands of godwits fly thousands of miles, but never quite come into focus

Top 10 Ways Birds Connect People
Looking for a way to get outside and make a connection? Here are our top ten ways to meet birders... and birds

Pop-Ups Take the Long Way Home
Saving the world's whales by listening to them

Worldwide Wingspan


View from Sapsucker Woods
Lead shot poses significant risks to both animals and humans

Scenes of Southern California
Featured photographer Seetharam Maddali finds beauty in numbers

Naturalist's Notebook
A Clark's Nutcracker versus a chipmunk

Ivory-bill Update


Multivariate Madness


The Names Have Been Changed
Reflecting new ideas of evolutionary relationships in the scientific names of birds

Merrell Moab Mid Gore-Tex XCR Men's Hiking Boots


Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo


Birdology


Deepwater Horizon
Six months after the largest oil spill in history, the leak has been plugged. But what is the long-term outlook for all of the habitats and wildlife affected by this ecological catastrophe?

Hooked on Hornbills
A chance encounter with a hornbill led to a decades-long quest to photograph these spectacular birds

227 Square Feet
A first solo "big sit" turns out to be fun, even without a pair of eyes in the back

Not All Sweetness and Light
What are hummingbirds really eating?

Fuddy-Duddy Declaration
The future of bird identification is going one way. I'm going mine.

Taking Wing
Featured Photographer Binu John is fascinated by flight

Finches of North America
A survey in red, yellow, brown, black, and pink.

A Bevy of Bills
Featured photographer Luke Ormand captures the long and the short of it

Best of Birdshare: Birds in the Snow
As Spring greens the world, take a last look at winter with this gallery from our Flickr group

From the Editor


On to Texas


The View from Sapsucker Woods


The Case of the Bizarre Beaks
A mysterious ailment in Alaska has been causing birds to grow grossly deformed beaks

Wastelands Worth Protecting
Logged forests are far more valuable to wildlife than oil-palm plantations

Strategies for photographing birds in action
Strategies for photographing birds in action

Tongass
Preserving the spectacular natural splendor of the world's largest temperate rainforest

Meriwether Lewis Would Be Proud
Helping Lewis's namesake woodpecker in the pine forests of Oregon

Shawnee State Forest
Ohio's Little Smokies

The Inner Bird: Anatomy and Evolution


The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds, and the Invention of Monogamy


A Naturalist's Notebook
An Anna's Hummingbird Attacks a Loggerhead Shrike

I Say "Bird Walk," You Say "Big Day"
What do gender patterns mean for the future of bird watching?

Citizen-science participants provide crucial long-term data on changing climate
Citizen-science participants provide crucial long-term data on changing climate

From the Editor


Briefs


Housekeeping Secrets of Swallows
Close relatives of the Tree Swallow battle the elements at the tip of South America

Blogging From a Treehouse in Africa


Feeders of the Future


2011 Upcoming Birding Events and Festivals


Funding for Flying


Exemplary Elementaries


My Life As a Squirrel Foe
Battling backyard bandits—for the data

Sandy Beaches, Oily Feet


Head and Shoulders Above
A celebration of Sandhill Cranes

An Eye for Detail
Featured photographer Gerry Dewaghe is one of many contributers to our species guide. You can be too.

Stop Right There!
Featured photographer Matt Hansen packs his still images with motion

Rosetta Stone for Warblers
Identifying an entire family of warblers in the dark, from their chip notes

Rats! A Menace for Bicknell's Thrushes
Radio transmitters reveal a surprising predator on wintering grounds

A Prime Mystery
Birds are less abundant when periodic cicadas emerge

Oldest Known Wild Bird Survives Tsunami


Fort Huachuca's Acoustic Sentinels
Listening in on Spotted Owls and other secretive nocturnal species

Birding by Night


Great Backyard Bird Count Tallies Birds Rare and Common


Top Ten Technologies for Studying Birds
Our methods for learning about birds have improved by leaps and bounds since Galileo's first telescope

Tracking a Mystery Osprey


Technology That's for the Birds
Developing a research device to watch, listen, and identify migrants automatically

A Naturalist's Notebook
A Yellow-rumped Warbler, White-breasted Nuthatch, and Red-naped Sapsucker enjoy sap wells

Deepater Horizon: One Year Later


Great Expectorations


Vanguard Endeavor ED 10.5 x 45 Binoculars


Ghost Birds: Jim Tanner and the Quest for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 1935-1941
by Stephen Lyn Bales (University of Tennessee Press)

The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation


Silent Alert
An appreciation of the Cooper's Hawk

There Goes the Neighborhood
Understanding territoriality in bird communities

After the Storm
A guerrilla uprising put a halt to tourism in Colombia for more than a decade. Now that tensions have eased, birders are coming back to experience one of the world's most bird-rich countries

Getting Familiar with the Philippines
A "fam" tour to remember

Vultures Riding North
Why are Turkey Vultures and other formerly southern species expanding northward?

Lots to Like
Sometimes liking birds leads to a small measure of unlikable frustration

Fast Forward
Spring finery, new nestlings, old fields, and first snowflakes: a year through the lens of Raghuram Ramanujan

The Sunny Side of Life
Does sunlight affect chicks still in the egg?

"Chickadees" of the Outback
In northern Queensland, two subspecies reunite

The Ripple Effect
Home study course participants share passion for Yucatan

Ten Thousand Free Field Guides
Spanish edition of field guide arrives in Cuba for giveaway

This Land Is Their Land
A new report tabulates the value of public lands for birds

Half the Wheels, Twice the Fun
Report from the Lab's bike-powered World Series of Birding team

Learning the Tools of the Trade
How do you turn a chip, warble, or grunt into a data point?

eBird Users Supply Information for Landmark Report
For one Cornell Lab scientist, State of the Birds highlights a lifetime of progress

Helmeted Woodpecker


A Winning Spring


Thieves With Benefits
When is a thief handy to have around? When it's a drongo and you're a babbler

Can We Save the Spoon-billed Sandpiper
The perils of a long-distance migrant

Bad Vibrations
In a noisier world, some birds fight noise with noise

Going Nutty for Acorn Woodpeckers
Why is that strange woman hiding behind the restrooms with a camera?

The Enchanted Isles
A brief sojourn on Ecuador's famed Galapagos Island

Vortex Razor HD 8x42 Binoculars


Dog Days, Raven Nights


Bird Coloration


A Naturalist's Notebook
Cassin's Kingbirds defend their nest—artwork and field notes

Florida Foray
Photographer Melissa Groo explores the light, water, and birds of the Sunshine State

Pairing and Parenthood on the Tundra
First-ever breeding footage of one of the world's rarest shorebirds

Sound Lessons From a Master
Thousands of Ted Parker's tropical song recordings are now online

Fiery Foes
An island's gulls face down tiny attackers

Stretching Their Wings


Growing Their Feathers


New Athena Fund Posers Graduate Research


Backyard Birds Open a Window on Science
Across the continent, Project FeederWatch celebrates a quarter-century of feeding curiosity

Concerto for Wood Thrush and Oriole
The composer who brought dawn chorus into the concert hall

Windswept
eBird users find rare visitors in storm's path

Helpers Help in Times of Plenty


Keeping an Eye on the Usual Suspects
They're common birds. But are they hiding something?

Swift Water, Swift Nest


Information Seekers
What do Black Vultures gain from roosting?

Prelude to an Epic Migration


How a Parrot Learns Its "Name"


Voiceprints from the Sky


Beyond the Empty Nest
Fledgling Ovenbirds lead scientists to new places

Return to Durango
More than half a century after an amateur ornithologist from Pennsylvania shot the only film footage ever taken of a living Imperial Woodpecker, a Cornell team revisits the site in the mountains of northwestern Mexico

Not At Home
Steve Kress and the puffins of Eastern Egg Rock

Always Leave 'Em Laughing
Trying to get (and hold) the attention of beginning birders

Catalina State Park, Tucson, Arizona


Whence came Bird Walks?


The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds


Hawks at a Distance: Identification of Migrant Raptors


A Naturalist's Notebook