2+ hour, 49+ min ago  (385+ words) There are birds you notice. And then there are birds that stop you in your tracks. For me, the Vermilion Flycatcher belongs to the latter category. A sudden flash of red, almost vivid, these beauties seem less like birds but…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (561+ words) Most birding apps teach you to look first; Wings and Whistles teaches you to listen. Created by musician-turned-birder Nick Paolino, it helps users learn birds through calls and songs rather than checklists or field marks. We asked Nick about learning…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (713+ words) Prompted by a request for list ideas, I wandered into thinking about conservancies in a textbook example of lateral thinking. What are conservancies? I looked it up and none of the four explanations covered what I always thought it meant....

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (711+ words) In February I took a trip to the Texas coast to see the Whooping Cranes. These beautiful birds winter in Texas and breed in Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, Canada. I have actually seen them flying north over my…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (175+ words) We all know what it means when a person is being described as having a beautiful soul. But which euphemisms can be used to cover up some of the appalling experiences birders face all the time? Here are ten of…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (200+ words) The rationale for declaring the Taiwan Rosefinch a species separate from the Vinaceous Rosefinch relies dangerously heavily on the word "slightly, as per HBW: Until recently considered conspecific with'C. vinaceus " present species differs in its overall slightly brighter red male;…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (188+ words) There's a long history of British poets enthusing about Skylarks. One of the best known is Percy Shelley, who wrote To a Skylark. Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (223+ words) Commitment is widely regarded as a virtue. In birds, it is more often a matter of inertia than devotion: returning to the same site, keeping the same partner, following the same route, defending the same patch long after its advantages…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (397+ words) Electric Birds of Pothakudi:A KidLit Bird Book Review In 2020, the local volunteer in Pothakudi, India, stretched his hand into the electric box to flip on the village streetlights'and stopped. The box had become the nest for a pair of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (561+ words) Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)? One of the most exciting species for birders visiting our lodge is the Harpy Eagle. Although sightings are never guaranteed,…...