
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.


How to Spot Birds of Prey (Raptors): A Birder’s Guide

Shorebirds: Birding Tips

Trumpetcreeper (Campsis radicans (L.) Attracts Hummingbirds

Earth Day: We Sing Together

Spring Warbler Photo Gallery

Raven or Crow? Listening Maybe the Only Answer (with Videos)

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

The Great Backyard Bird Count

Arctic Birds that Visit in Winter (with video)
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Common Winter Birds Across North America

Starling Murmurations: How to Find One and When to Watch (with video)

Project FeederWatch Info, Tips, and Nature Journaling Ideas

Finding Abandoned Bird Nests

Waterfowl Migration in Autumn

What is the Difference Between Ducks, Swans, and Geese?

Attracting Cedar Waxwings to Your Backyard
