Angry Birds: Why Molting Makes Our Feathered Friends Grumpy

For birds, “bad feather days” – what we call molting – are a part of life. And those days can make birds downright grumpy.

Joe Smith

Scientists (Re)Re-discover the Australian Night Parrot. Now What?

Now that scientists have confirmed that Night Parrots do indeed still roam the spinifex-covered Australian outback, where does that leave conservationists?

Justine E. Hausheer

Epic Birding Fails: Lyrebirds in Australia

Birders Justine E. Hausheer and Tim Boucher set out to find the Albert's Lyrebird in Australia. One of them succeeds, and the other adds another nemesis bird to their list.

Justine E. Hausheer

Your Field Guide is Wrong: A Bird’s Eye View of the World

Birds see the world differently than we do, seeing a whole range of colors that are literally unimaginable to us.

Joe Smith

The Lessons of Epic Birding Failures

One birder recounts the lessons of epic birding failures.

Justine E. Hausheer

Consider the Catbird: The Surprising Secrets of a Common Backyard Bird

Take a look outside and you may well see a gray catbird. But this common backyard bird is full of surprises.

Joe Smith

Extreme Birding: The Big Night

One birder takes on an epic challenge: birding from sundown to sunup in a Big Night.

Justine E. Hausheer

There are No Shortcuts to Birding Nirvana

Our newbie birder learns valuable lessons about taking road directions from birders and how to appreciate the hidden values of power line clearings.

Cara Cannon Byington

Blood, Birds, and Ticks

Using data from the Mad Island Marsh bird hotspot, researchers are studying the ticks and tick-borne pathogens birds carry to the United States.

Justine E. Hausheer

The Hidden Hazards of Learning to Bird

The latest in the Zero to Hero: Birding series where -- among other things -- our newbie birder discovers that not everyone automatically assumes she's using those binoculars for birding.

Cara Cannon Byington

A Day in the Life of A Bird Bander at Mad Island Marsh

A day in the life of a bird bander at the Conservancy’s Mad Island Marsh Preserve.

Justine E. Hausheer

Zero to Hero: Birding Edition

Can someone who can't tell a house finch from a song sparrow become an expert birder in four months? Our blogger is about to find out.

Cara Cannon Byington