Extreme Birding: The Strange Magic of Pelagics

12 hours on a small boat with 16 strangers, all to see a handful of seabirds? Welcome to the strange magic of pelagic birding.

Justine E. Hausheer

Extreme Birding: Shorebirds at the Sewage Lagoon

Shorebird identification can be a challenge. The best place to practice might just be your local sewage lagoon.

Matthew L. Miller

Extreme Birding: How To Do A Big Year On A Budget

Are you a birder dreaming of a Big Year? Here's how to do it along with work, family, and life's other responsibilities.

Justine E. Hausheer

Extreme Birding: Gull Watching at the Landfill

Sick of your favorite birding hotspot? Try the dump.

Matthew L. Miller

Extreme Birding: Entering Un-Birded Territory in Papua New Guinea

The Papua New Guinea rainforest isn’t your grandpa’s birding. Science writer Justine Hausheer enumerates the trials, travails, and thrills of birding in un-birded territory.

Justine E. Hausheer

Extreme Birding: The Big Night

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

Justine E. Hausheer