9 hours ago | Ornithology

BIrds over city gate, Jaipur, India A 2007 study of urban birds and their close relatives in the wild in 73 major cities across the world found that the native ranges of urban...
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Best Bird of the Weekend

1 day ago | 10,000 Birds

If the timing of Global Big Day means anything, this weekend saw massive birding excitement all over the world. Obviously, your experience may have diverged from the norm. How...
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A Wild Thrush Chase

1 day ago | 10,000 Birds

Early Friday afternoon I checked my personal email on my phone while I was at work. And was I ever dismayed to see that Eric Miller, Queens birder-extraordinaire , had managed...
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“Caged” Egrets and Little Black Cormorants

2 days ago | 10,000 Birds

On our recent trip to Kununurra we travelled our usual route around the township. It is always hot in Kununurra and you can easily observe many of the bird species around town...
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Embrace the familiar

3 days ago | 10,000 Birds

We are all guilty of concentrating on the exotic and sensational to the exclusion of “trash birds”, but occasionally something mundane, or close to home has the ability to make...
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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of October 2019?

4 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Did you know that October Big Day falls this weekend? Did you even know October Big Day was a thing? Apparently, Team eBird decided that May didn't deserve all the fun. Since...
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North Coast Brewing Company: Le Merle Saison

4 days ago | 10,000 Birds

This is the first October in three years I haven't been vacationing in California. But I felt I should at least return in spirit by an enjoying a beer from North Coast Brewing...
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Season of the Owl

5 days ago | 10,000 Birds

October is a good month to see owls in Shanghai, where these birds are rare in most other months. Two species can be seen quite regularly - Northern Boobook and Oriental Scops...
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The indistinguishable Empidonax Flycatchers

6 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Warning: Any and all flycatchers shown in this post may be misidentified. Cut me some slack. These are the Empidonax flycatchers we are talking about here. Dear North American...
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Community Project Helps Hawks: Monitoring Birds of Prey in New York City

7 days ago | All About Birds

Did you know that raptors are common victims of rat poisoning? In our latest blog post, Katie Leung and Sunny Corrao of New York City Parks' Wildlife Unit explain how...
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Birds in Cities

BIrds over city gate, Jaipur, India A 2007 study of urban birds and their close relatives in the wild in 73 major cities across the world found that the native ranges of urban... Read more ...

A Wild Thrush Chase

Early Friday afternoon I checked my personal email on my phone while I was at work. And was I ever dismayed to see that Eric Miller, Queens birder-extraordinaire , had managed... Read more ...

Best Bird of the Weekend

If the timing of Global Big Day means anything, this weekend saw massive birding excitement all over the world. Obviously, your experience may have diverged from the norm. How... Read more ...