Birding

January 01, 2015 — For ornithologist Drew Lanham, it started with the (in)ability to fly.

January 01, 2015 — Sharon Stiteler discusses birding in a different time, without binoculars or the Internet.

January 01, 2015 — For this Tony Award-winning actress, avian conservation is a big part of being a birder.

January 01, 2015 — Karl Mechem, better known as the Inept Birder, recalls his first dalliance with birding, and marvels at how far he’s come (sort of).

January 01, 2015 — The best-selling author calls discovering birds “the third major revelation of my life."

January 01, 2015 — A senior editor at BuzzFeed explains how an Internet rabbit hole led her to a web-free hobby.

January 01, 2015 — The Birdist explains how he got hooked.

November 05, 2014 — The head of Michigan Audubon is turning birding into a serious business.

July 23, 2014 — Neil Hayward spent most of 2013 crisscrossing the continent on a quest to see as many bird species as he could in a calendar year. When it was all over, he’d seen more than anyone–ever–and broken the Big Year record.

July 22, 2014 — Dorian Anderson is on a one-year mission to see as many birds as he can — by bike.