Coordinated locally by birding organizations and volunteers, the Christmas Bird Count happens each year between mid-December ...

Birds are a big part of holiday traditions in Missouri. One of the longest-running traditions, entering its 126th year this week, is the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count, from December ...

Holly Merker’s eyes are constantly on the tree tops. During a outing to the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum on the outskirts of Philadelphia, her small frame is bogged down by more gear than a ...

Dozens of birders descended on Vancouver’s Sunset Beach Park on Sunday to catch a rare glimpse of a bird that avian ...

San Diego County's top birders share their 2025 Big Year adventures and reveal what it really takes to be a champion.

Every winter, thousands of birds funnel into the open grasslands outside Willcox, one of the Southwest’s most biologically ...

Every winter, birdwatchers across the world break out their binoculars for the Christmas Bird Count, including in the Wasatch ...

Every year, the Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count draws tens of thousands of birders (and sometimes “SOBs” and “FOBs” — ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the living world, from microbes to ecosystems. The inaugural Black Birders Week will inspire a new generation of birders ...

The movement started after a video of a white woman harassing and threatening Christian Cooper, a Black birder, went viral. As part of Black Birders Week, you can follow along as professional and ...

In the Comox Valley, naturalists brave wild wintery weather aboard a BC ferry in order to play their own small part in North ...