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 ...

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 ...

While spring and summer are the prime seasons for bird watching, our winged friends are everywhere all the time, and they often switch out with the seasons, especially during peak migration. The best ...

Field guides to bird identification — actual books printed on paper — continue to be popular tools for figuring out what birds you are seeing in your yard or during a trip to the mountains. In my ...

There’s a brand-new series of seven field guides to help people learn about the birds found in their region of the United States and Canada. The All About Birds Regional Field-Guide Series is built ...

The best bird identification guide I have seen, ever, is sitting on my desk as I type. Unfortunately, it is a guide to British birds. The full title is "British Birds, a Pocket Guide." Like all guides ...

While I was at the Cape May Autumn Birding Festival, there was major chatter about a Swainson’s hawk spotted in the area, which excited all of us birders! But as I wondering how the heck people knew ...

SHEFFIELD — For Zach Adams, birding isn’t about getting every identification right — it’s about having fun. “You’re going to be wrong. Everybody gets bird identification wrong. I get it wrong all the ...