I'm happy to announce that subscriber Burt Stampfl of nearby Bristol, Wisconsin, was the winner of the drawing we conducted after our recent Readers' Favorites Survey about places to watch owls. Read more about our Readers' Favorites Surveys...
Just in time, that's what our October 2010 issue is. Just in time for one of the most anticipated bird phenomena of the year: the annual, epic migration of hawks and other birds of prey across North America. The issue will go on newsstands on August...
Kalmbach Publishing Co., publisher of Birder's World, has agreed to purchase the assets of New York-based Discover Media LLC, including the award-winning science and technology magazine Discover and its website. Discover joins Kalmbach’s family of...
Congratulations to Debbie Christie of Louisville, Kentucky! She told us that Taylorsville Lake State Park in Kentucky was her favorite place to watch hawks in our recent Readers' Favorites Survey, and we picked her name in the subsequent drawing....
A Laughing Gull flies along the waterfront in Mobile, Alabama, in late July. Photo by Carrol Henderson We've all seen the horrific photos of birds and other wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico covered in oil, but new photos from our longtime friend and...
The Pacific Wren, seen here in Seattle's Discovery Park, has been recognized as a species distinct from the Winter Wren. Photo by Tom Talbott Fifteen new species are being added to the Check-list of North American Birds this year following recent...
I'm delighted to let you know that our August 2010 issue is now available on newsstands. Here's the table of contents . And here's a list of stores where you can buy a copy for yourself. Contributing editors The issue contains a really nice...
Pictured on the cover of our June 2010 issue (right) is the world's smallest bird: a male Bee Hummingbird. It measures 2.5 inches from the tip of the beak to the tip of the tail, and it weighs 1.6 to 1.9 grams. That’s a mere 0.056 to 0.067 ounces...
Not too long ago, I wrote about how we had just added 50 articles about birds and birdwatching to our growing online collection. Today I'm happy to announce that we've added 20 more. Seven are engaging, informative species profiles -- and some...
Here's what to do if you find an oiled or injured bird or other animal, as well as a list of organizations that are soliciting volunteers, supplies, and donations to help with the cleanup. Report injured and oiled animals: Do not attempt to help injured...
What a pleasure to share this letter, from Eldon Greij, the founding editor of Birder's World magazine. He sent it to us from a place I've written about and am quite fond of -- the beautiful, bird-rich country of Uganda -- but his story isn't...
We published a fantastic article about nesting Black Terns in our June issue. Marie Read , a long-time contributing photographer from Freeville, New York, wrote the piece and shot all the photos, including the charming scene shown above: adult Black Terns...
The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico stretches east of Delta National Wildlife Refuge in this satellite image made on Sunday, April 25. Plotted on the photo are several Important Bird Areas that lie in the oil's path. (Photo courtesy NASA Earth Observatory...
The June 2010 issue of Birder's World, featuring contributions from contributing editors David Sibley, Pete Dunne, Kenn Kaufman, Julie Craves, and other friends, will go on sale on newsstands on Tuesday, May 4. Here are 15 reasons you should ask for...
Meet Joanne Willey of Creedmoor, North Carolina, the lucky winner of our latest Readers' Favorites Survey . Thanks to our generous partner, Nikon Sport Optics , she will soon receive one sweet pair of birding binoculars -- the Nikon Monarch 8x36....