Noticed a mystery bird perched in your backyard trees or eating at a bird feeder? These techniques will help get better with ...

Birding season has arrived, bringing with it many birds we have yet to identify. Birding apps are the solution, whether you’re hearing an unfamiliar bird call or seeing a species you haven’t ...

One of the simplest ways to slow down is to stop, smell the roses and listen to the birds. More and more people are enjoying more than just listening to their melodies, though. The hobby of bird ...

Birding is a popular pastime for people of all ages. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, more than 45 million people enjoy watching birds. It’s a hobby you can pick up at any time, it’s ...

If you’ve ever heard a bird sing and wondered how you could possibly figure out what type of bird it could be without laboriously searching through recordings, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology now has ...

In Iowa, 212 bird species nest throughout the state during nesting season. Nesting season is a great opportunity for first-time birdwatchers to make observations and start identifying species. Expert ...

A pine warbler, one of the first migratory birds to return to Maine this spring, perches on a branch. Early arrivals like this can be tricky to identify without paying attention to key field marks and ...

I was recently creeping through a clearing of downed trees in a wooded Brooklyn park with my iPhone in hand. Birds were singing everywhere, but through the din, I was recording a peculiar song: It was ...

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 ...

Learn what an ash-throated flycatcher looks like and where to spot one. Also learn what the bird eats and where it builds a ...

Last week, Austria-based Swarovski Optik introduced the AX Visio 10×32 binoculars, which the company says can identify over 9,000 species of birds and mammals using image recognition technology. The ...