The weekend of February 16 through 19 is the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, sponsored by the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology. Birders across the country count birds in parks or fields or their own back yards, and then report the numbers on-line. Learn how!
Well-known birding expert David Sibley notes that the territories of all but one regularly occurring land-bird species in the “Lower 48” can be seen from a paved surface. That means plenty of birds to view from a car. But what's that one bird?Learn more.
Many years ago, when rivers began flowing from the mountains to the sea, the animals couldn’t agree on their course. Raven wanted the rivers to turn and wind, so that as he flew up and down them, he would have different views at every bend. Mink disagreed. Learn more.
A Tropical Kingbird visited Magnuson Park in Seattle in November, 2006. It thrilled local birders with its presence for nine days, then disappeared as mysteriously as it appeared. Tropical Kingbirds are seen almost every year somewhere in Washington. But why?Learn more.