Heard a chirp or spotted a flutter? These free apps identify backyard birds by sight or sound — no binoculars or in-depth ...

Merlin has been trained to identify the songs of more than 1,300 bird species around the world When Natasha Walter first became curious about the birds around her, she recorded their songs on her ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an inter-organizational effort between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Audubon Society, and Birds Canada as they work together to bring the joys of bird ...

There is no paucity of excellent apps on modern mobile platforms. Whether you're looking for essentials to install on your new Android phone, searching for photography apps, or just need some tech to ...

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American goldfinches visit a thistle feeder in Marquette County. The birds are in Michigan during summer, too, but sport more brownish-yellow feathers in winter. Michigan residents can help ...

Judy Rowen looks for a wood duck while participating in the Galveston Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 16, 2025. Stepping slowly through the brush of a small wooded area on the east end of Galveston ...

Backyard birding can be a wonderful winter pastime, but it’s important to do it safely — for your sake and the birds’. Jillian Kilborn is particularly excited to put up her bird feeders this year.

Many Australians discovered the country’s extraordinary birds during COVID. They’d always been there, but it seems we were often too busy to notice. This is an edited extract from the book (Be)wilder: ...

When I became serious about birding in the 1990s, I wasn’t thinking about milestone birds. Then they started creeping up. The first biggie was No. 500, a Varied Thrush in Evanston. And before that, my ...