Noah Strycker
Contributor, Audubon MagazineNoah 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
Climate
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."
Science
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.
Birding
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.
Birding
Summer’s Not Over Yet, and Neither Is Shorebird Season
September 2, 2016 — It’s September. Do you know where your shorebirds are?
Birding
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.
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