One of the simplest ways to slow down is to stop, smell the roses and listen to the birds. However, it seems people are starting to do more than just listen to them. The hobby of bird watching might ...

What's that white bird in the swamp? Discover what a great egret eats, where it lives, and how the bird bounced back from ...

This summer, The New York Times, as part of its birding project with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will share a series of prompts to help readers learn how to start birding. Let’s begin with ...

In Iowa, 212 bird species nest throughout the state during nesting season. Nesting season is a great opportunity for first-time birdwatchers to make observations and start identifying species. Expert ...

What’s the best way to learn your local birds? One of the most common methods has traditionally been to get a book. A good field guide to birds will contain illustrations or photos along with helpful ...

I’ve become The Bird Guy to my friends and family. When they see a bird they don’t recognize, I’m asked to identify it with nothing more than a blurry photo. When the algorithms feed them bird-related ...

White-feathered birds are special. Discover facts about albino birds and leucistic birds and how their unique appearance ...

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds — one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies — is a joy like no other. It’s not surprising that bird-watching has become an increasingly popular hobby. A ...

"Conk-la-reeee," "teacher, teacher" and "Old Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody" − these are ways we humans have ascribed words to identify birds by their call, but it is getting even easier thanks to ...