Realize what to pack and wear, the fundamental stuff you really want to bring, and alternate ways of planning before you go on a bird-watching trip. In only a couple...
Features from a show by FeederWatch project pioneer, Emma Greig, at the North American Ornithological Meeting 2016. She summed up research being led by her and by Cornell Lab Resident...
Calling all sharp bird-watchers! From spotting sharp-looked at birds to colorful parrots and blue-footed boobies, these objections are where it's at for once in a blue moon sightings
Whether you're an...
We investigate the wilds of Patagonia to see huge provinces of penguins, southern right whales and elephant seals on their favorable places on the Valdés Landmass, along with a portion...
Hello all bird watchers! Summer is coming and it's time to make your travel plans a reality. If you want to take your birding to the next level this summer,...
Like the birds this spring, our Seattle Audubon members like to move. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of beautiful destinations around the world to experience unique bird species and...
In my dreams, Owen Wilson, Steve Martin, and Jack Black all have eBird profiles
Some truly fantastic eBird checklists
There are many reasons to love eBird. For a stat and graphics junkies...
Brown Booby checking out our haul of dorado
Wandering the Pacific Ocean in search of fish and birds
If you think birders get up early in the morning, you haven’t met my...
Birding Lower Ballona Creek: Pacific Avenue to Lincoln Boulevard
This section of my guide to birding Ballona Creek covers the last mile-and-a-half of the creek surpassing it reaches the jetties and...
Birding Ballona Creek: Lincoln to Inglewood Blvd.
This entry in my guide to birding Ballona Creek covers the 1.6 mile-long section from Lincoln Blvd. to Inglewood Blvd. The creek remains tidal...
While they’re everywhere in San Antonio (everywhere!), cardinals are a welcome sight for a California birder
Birding San Antonio in June
More than two years without the pandemic began. I finally made...
You couldn’t get increasingly east in the lower 48 than we did
Maine in July is Fantastic
July once then meant a family vacation to Maine (last’s year trip report is here)....
Tropical Storm Kay blew frigatebirds north to L.A., self-glorification birders’ minds
Magnificent Frigatebird in Los Angeles
There’s been an historic outbreak of Magnificent Frigatebird sightings in Los Angeles in the past week....
A reminder to trammels flocks increasingly than once, and bird every bird
Common Tern at Dockweiler Beach: LA County lifer!
If you aren’t traveling, July can be tough for a birder. The...
A Sandhill Crane in Utah tossing virtually a mouse
Birding South Central Utah
We just spent a week in southern Utah and, as usual, it was glorious. Our headquarters is the strategically...
Manx Shearwater (courtesy of eBird and Jeremiah Trimble)
What does it midpoint to see something?
On January 22, 2006, Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in a basketball game versus the Toronto Raptors....