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.
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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
Past Posts on Birding and Attracting Birds
Winter Bird Migration and Irruptions (Videos)
Sassafras Trees for Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Moths
Mystery Bird in the Middle of the Atlantic Ocean
Spring Bird Migration for Beginning Birders
A Winter Bird Feeding Guide: Attract Birds to Your Backyard (with Video)
