Beginner birders can instantly get started with free apps such as Merlin Bird ID and Smart Bird ID. There are also highly specialized birdcall apps such as Raptor ID. Improving your skills ...

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The Christmas Bird Count is typically one of my birding highlights of the year. This year was no exception. The Christmas Bird Count is a bird census conducted by volunteers each winter to track ...

I downloaded the Merlin Bird ID app, courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and quickly hit the record option to listen ...

Back to some other northern visitors to watch for: rough-legged hawk, snow buntings, common redpolls, evening grosbeaks, ...

Volunteers collect bird data for the annual Christmas Bird Count, taking place from Dec. 15 to Jan. 5 in over 35 locations in ...

Some logged the winged wonders in apps like eBird, where you can keep a running log of every bird you see, or Merlin Bird ID, which helps users identify birds they spot. “I was like ‘Why was I not ...

Sac County Conservation invites everyone out to Hagge Park this Saturday for the annual Christmas bird count event. Every year from Dec. 14 through Jan. 5, locations are requested and selected by the ...

As birdsongs quiet, some resilient species stay to outlast the cold. Midcoast Maine Audubon specialists shed light on who ...

Christmas Bird Count is a great excuse to brave the cold and listen to the winter woods. Between social media groups and bird ...