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Elevate Your Birding Game

A SWAINSON’S HAWK LIFTED FROM THE CANYON rim and dropped below my own perch, 1,000 feet above the Canadian River. A light breeze hissed over the grasses. The hawk caught the wind, turned into a…

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Best Bird Identification Apps

Bird identification apps can help birders track and identify their favorite birds. Photograph by John Duncan/Unsplash. Audubon Bird Guide The big name in birds packs its app with more than 800 North…

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Become a Better Birder

Join a community science project to help spot and identify birds of all types. Illustration by Chris Philpot. IT’S ALL ABOUT TEAMWORK. Community science, also known as crowd-sourced science, citizen…

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Best Hiking Trails for Birding

Mills Canyon offers a rich environment for a variety of bird species, including the colorful Bullock’s oriole.​ Photograph by Christina Selby. BIRDING ON THE TRAIL GENERALLY MEANS trading longer…

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