Articles by Jason Gregg

A woman looks something up on her phone in a forest, while high school students to the right hold up a plant and look through binoculars.
Field Notes

Don’t Have Binoculars To Go Birding? Try Borrowing a Pair From the Library

By Jason Gregg
June 30, 2023 — Libraries across the country are lending gear to patrons, creating a new entry point to birding with no costs attached.
Small cards, each with a different bird illustration, spread out on the rocky ground and lit by a flashlight at night.
From Audubon Magazine

Seeking Auwo: Inside the Search to Find a Secretive Tropical Bird Lost to Science

By Jason Gregg
February 22, 2023 — Last fall, an international team arrived on a small Papua New Guinea island to look for the elusive Black-naped Pheasant Pigeon. To track it down, they needed help from the experts: the island’s Indigenous hunters.
An aerial view of a hurricane as seen from space.
News

How Bird Researchers Are Tracking the Impacts of Intensifying Hurricane Seasons

By Jason Gregg
August 31, 2022 — As climate change fuels stronger storms, scientists are using emerging technology and crowdsourcing data to understand their avian toll.
A photographer sits on a sandy beach, her lens balanced on one knee, photographing birds in the distance.
Photography

How to Sandproof Your Gear for Beachfront Photography

By Jason Gregg
July 08, 2022 — The beach can be a photographer’s dream—or worst nightmare. Tame unruly sand and salt spray with these pro tips and key tools.
Books

Ziggy Marley Is Here to Teach Kids About ‘Vulture Culture’

By Jason Gregg
April 26, 2022 — A new children’s book by the musician and his wife, Orly, aims to educate youth on the threats the birds face and the vital ecological role they play.
From Audubon Magazine

Welcome to the Dark Side: Your Guide to Nocturnal Migration Birding

By Jason Gregg
April 04, 2022 — Here’s everything you need to join a growing DIY community where the action heats up when the sun goes down.
Birding

How Birders Are Boosting Their Yard Lists While They Sleep

By Jason Gregg
June 08, 2021 — Using DIY setups and free software, a growing number of community scientists are eavesdropping on nocturnal migrants flying above.
News

How Birding Lists of the Deceased Are Finding New Life on eBird

By Jason Gregg
May 14, 2020 — To salvage invaluable insights from moldering notebooks, scientists are painstakingly compiling and digitizing decades-old data.
News

10 New Birds Described in Biggest Avian Discovery in More Than a Century

By Jason Gregg
January 09, 2020 — A six-week 2013 expedition to remote islands in the Indonesian archipelago turned up a treasure trove of unidentified songbirds.
News

These ‘Goth Cardinals’ Don't Breed Like All the Other Birds

By Jason Gregg
October 15, 2019 — Scientists are finally unraveling a 100-year-old mystery about the Phainopepla's unusual nesting behaviors.