Noah Strycker

Contributor, Audubon Magazine

Noah Strycker is a writer, photographer, and adventurer. In 2015 he embarked on an international Big Year, and blogged all about it at audubon.org/features/birding-without-borders.

Articles by Noah Strycker

News

Antarctica’s Most Numerous Penguin Has Suffered Huge Declines, Expedition Finds

February 10, 2020 — Scientists counting Chinstrap Penguins on Elephant Island tally fewer than half as many birds as nested there almost 50 years ago.

Books

Read an Excerpt From Noah Strycker's Book on His Record-Breaking Year of Birds

October 11, 2017 — Strycker recounts all the gritty and glorious details of his 2015 global Big Year in "Birding Without Borders."

News

Take a Look at This Extremely Rare White Penguin

March 8, 2017 — On an expedition in Antarctica, experienced birder Noah Strycker spotted the ghostly Gentoo on the crowded shores of South Georgia Island.

ID Tips

House Finch or Purple Finch? Here's How to Tell Them Apart

December 28, 2016 — Some clues to help distinguish between these two often-confused finches.

News

Noah Strycker's Global Big Year Record Has Been Broken

November 17, 2016 — And here’s what the former birding champ has to say about it.

News

Summer’s Not Over Yet, and Neither Is Shorebird Season

September 2, 2016 — It’s September. Do you know where your shorebirds are?

News

Two Guys Just Broke the North American Big Year Record—But How?

July 26, 2016 — It turns out, seabirds and extreme birding go really well together.

The Birding Scene

How To Meet Other Birders

April 21, 2016 — First, grab your bins. Then, go out and find some . . . people.

Birding Prep

Where Can You Find Birds?

April 21, 2016 — Basically, they're everywhere.

Articles by Noah Strycker

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