
Category: Birding Basics
How to begin birding or improve your bird watching skills. Learn about the birding year, and identifying species, learn life cycle and behavior.
For beginning birders, what birders are doing, how they know things, and when to bird watch are mysteries. Hopefully, the information provided here can clear up those questions.


Owl Prowl: Great Horned Owls

American Crows

What Do Raptors (Birds of Prey) Eat?

Confusing Summer Eclipse Plumage of Waterfowl

American Redstart

Attracting Hummingbirds

Birding: The Best Posts

Keeping a Life List or Birder’s Journal

Spring Warblers – Birding Tips and Techniques
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Birdhouses: Choosing, Maintaining, and Attracting Birds

What are Neotropical Migrants? (A Beginning Birder’s Guide)

Robins, Worms, and Rain

Spring Birding and Nature Journal Prompts
