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Birdwatching
For Birdwatchers, Birders, and All Lovers of Birds
© Tim Regan
Whether you’re a longtime birder or just getting started, there’s always more to learn. Here are a few articles you might find interesting:
- Birding by ear -- Learn how to identify birds by their songs and calls
- Where to go birdwatching near you
- Where to go birding while traveling
- Understand the principles of birding ethics, from the American Birding Association
- What color(s) to wear while birding? Here's the answer
These BirdNote stories and blogs can give you more ideas:
How to Get Started
- Birdwatching 101 – Habitat, Where to Look
- Birdwatching 102 - Watching Birds’ Behavior
- Birdwatching 103 - Tracking the Seasons
- Birdwatching 104 – A Summary
- Advice to Beginning Birders from David Sibley
What to Listen For
How to Identify Birds
- Crow or Raven - Who’s Who?
- How to Tell a Crow from a Raven
- Little Brown Birds
- Gull Identification, Part 1
- Gull Identification, Part 2
- Identifying Birds in Flight
- Using the Merlin Bird ID app
Online Audio Resources
- The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds, at Cornell University
- Xeno-Canto, a worldwide community database of shared bird sounds
- Western Soundscape Archive, a repository of ambient, bird, and animal sounds from the western U.S.
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology offers lots of resources
- Start Identifying Birds by Their Songs and Calls- from Audubon
Articles/Stories about Bird Song
- Understanding Birdsong Donald Kroodsma and Terry Gross, From *Fresh Air*
- The Music of Wild Birds (NPR)
- The Bird Singer and His Travel Log (NPR)
- Birding by Ear Basics, How to Identify Birds by Sound, by Melissa Mayntz