On 22 Apr 2025, a pair of Military Macaws was photographed in Big Bend National Park, Texas. This could represent the first confirmed record of the species within the ABA Area; however, this is not th...

Please join us in congratulating Vitus Li, of Ellicott City, Maryland—winner of the February 2025 eBirder of the Month Challenge, sponsored by ZEISS. Vitus’s name was drawn randomly from the thousands...

Christian Cooper, the Emmy Award-winning host of National Geographic’s "Extraordinary Birder" and author of the best-selling memoir "Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natura...

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YouTube video by American Birding Association

February brings an all-star lineup to This Month in Birding, with long-time friends Jody Allair, Nick Lund, and Jordan Rutter joining us to talk about all manner of birdy topics. The panel discuss the...

Four outfits curated by the owner of a local secondhand shop draw inspiration from the common loon.

The American Birding Association (ABA) is deeply concerned by recent, sudden staff reductions in U.S. federal agencies tasked with the stewardship of American’s lands, waters, and wildlife, including ...

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Songbirds may socialize across species during nighttime migrations

Roughly a quarter of chocolate sales in the US and the UK occur around the holidays at the end of the year. And if you are listening to this podcast, you are statistically almost certain to be partici...

Thank you for making the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin a thriving, welcoming community. Whether you joined us for one event or many, your presence has made this flock soar. As we wrap up 2024 with t...

Wow! Missed the appropriate camera settings big time! However, this photo, whether truly taken like this or not, gives me a chance to discuss a feature notable here, one that I’ve wanted to broach in ...

The oldest known banded bird in the wild, a Mōlī or Laysan albatross known as Wisdom and who is at least 74 years old, has once again mystified biologists. Being able to reproduce and develop an eg…

It’s the Birding Book Club’s biggest meeting of the year!. We’re back again to do our annual Best Bird Books of the Year episode for 2024. There’s no better time to give the gift of bird books to the ...

Podcast Episode · The Bird Joy Podcast · 11/29/2024 · 41m

The Colombia Birdfair is held in the verdant, tropical city of Cali, located in the department of Valle de Cauca. Home to no fewer than 1,000 species of birds, Valle de Cauca provides attendees with a...