11 Birds to Recognize in the Yard This Fall

Ready to do some bird-watching right from your window? As the leaves start to change and the air gets crisp, your backyard ...
NPR

A citizen-science project asks the public to identify the birds in your backyard

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual citizen-science project that gathers data about wild birds. Participants go outside for at least 15 minutes and identify as many birds as they can. If you ...
Los Angeles Times

Birding guide: How to get started in your own backyard

Step outside. Hear that? It’s birdsong, and it seems louder than ever. At a time when we’re all hunkered down, birds seem to be commanding our attention — and getting it. The calls, chirps and trills ...
CNN

Bird-watching beginner’s guide: How to start birding your backyard and beyond

I’ve become The Bird Guy to my friends and family. When they see a bird they don’t recognize, I’m asked to identify it with nothing more than a blurry photo. When the algorithms feed them bird-related ...
The Vindicator

Identify winter birds at the backyard feeder

Although it is unnecessary to feed birds in the winter, we enjoy watching them and noticing how different species have developed different habits. The most numerous is the 6-inch house sparrow (Passer ...
MLive

Calling all bird watchers: How you can help with the global Great Backyard Bird Count

Love watching wildlife? Then you’re precisely who researchers are hoping will help out with this weekend’s Great Backyard Bird Count. Cordinated by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of ...