Install
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Shorebirds in the desert
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (24+ words) This post is republished in our “From the Archives” series, featuring highlights of our vast back catalogue of more than 10,000 birding-related posts...
When Sharing a Rare Bird Sighting Does More Harm Than Good
2+ week, 3+ day ago (157+ words) If you’re an avid bird watcher, you’re likely familiar with the elation that comes with spotting a rare bird. After excitedly snapping that photo, your first...
Species Spotlight: American Herring Gull
2+ mon, 13+ hour ago (27+ words) Gulls ("seagulls") do not exactly have the best reputation. In its profile of the American Herring Gull, the HBW apparently proactively tries to overcome this...
Birding Lodges of the World: Locanda Villa Naumanni, Italy
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (20+ words) Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)?...
Great Bowerbirds bowers
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (24+ words) This post is republished in our “From the Archives” series, featuring highlights of our vast back catalogue of more than 10,000 birding-related posts...
The curious case of the Norfolk Plover
3+ week, 1+ day ago (31+ words) Latin was not, I’m afraid, one of my stronger subjects at school, but when it comes to Latin bird names I do have a handy book I can consult entitled Birds -...
Species Spotlight: Common Yellowthroat
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (24+ words) The Common Yellowthroat is another bird that looks surprisingly stunning for a bird breeding in a temperate climate. Apparently, it is very common - the...
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds – A Poem
3+ week, 1+ day ago (7+ words) If you build it, they will come...
Seven Ways for Birds to Attract Scientific Attention
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (16+ words) Here are seven pieces of advice for any bird hoping to attract the attention of ornithologists....
Ask a Birder: What do you do when your partner complains that you spend too much time birding?
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (17+ words) We asked several of our writers the same questions. Here are the answers to the one above....