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How Rare Is That Rare Bird?
September 23, 2024 — When you consider all the factors that go into the unlikeliest vagrant sightings, it makes you wonder ...
Birding News
Sunrise over pine trees.
Birding Tours on Cattle Ranches?
September 12, 2024 — Audubon Conservation Ranching and Reefs to Rockies add a new dimension to ecotourism.
ROCKIES Conservation Ranching
A Redpoll perches on a pink plant eating its fuzzy white flowers.
Lumping Redpolls and Splitting Seabirds: This Year's Updates to North American Bird Names
August 07, 2024 — The American Ornithological Society recently announced its checklist changes for 2024—and there’s quite a bit for birders to catch up on.
Bird Names & Taxonomy
Little Rock Birding Hotspots
August 07, 2024 — Learn where to go birding in Little Rock, Arkansas.
DELTA
Reflecting on the Success of the 28th Annual Great Texas Birding Classic
July 25, 2024
TEXAS
A drab white and brown bird stands on a branch giving side-eye.
Yes, You Can Identify Flycatchers. These New Field Guides Are Sure of It.
June 13, 2024 — The creators of a series of meticulous but approachable flycatcher guides advocate—and teach—a “holistic” approach to the seemingly impossible task of distinguishing these enigmatic avians.
Field Guides
Illustration of people watching birds next to a lake.
A New Birding Club Wants to Help COVID Long-Haulers Safely Enjoy Nature Together
April 12, 2024 — Ed Yong, an award-winning science journalist who widely covered the pandemic, recently launched The Spoonbill Club to provide community—and an accessible hobby—for folks with long COVID.
Birding News
Striving for more accessible birding
March 14, 2024 — Kicking off a year of discovering “entry points to conservation”, where better to start than Terry Hershey Texas Women in Conservation honoree, Virigina Rose, Founder and CEO of Birdability.
TEXAS Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB)
A group of people stand in a suburban lawn all looking in the same direction with cameras and binoculars.
Birdist Rule #84: Know the Dos and Don'ts of a Rare Bird Stakeout
February 05, 2024 — When going for a vagrant, it’s important to remember that everyone is on the same team.
Birding Advice