by Kelly Ball, Ad Sales Director & Jessica Melfi, Assistant Editor Migration’s kicking into gear, and it couldn’t come at a better time. Who couldn’t use a little positive bird distraction right now, as we wait out the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent effects on our daily lives? Like you, we check in daily with our loved ones; balance work, family, and other immediate… Read more »
by Tom Ferguson I grew up in Texas, playing football. Then I joined the Army and became an Airborne Ranger. I was sure I was unbreakable. Ranger school is the world’s most stressful school, and I survived. After military service, I jumped headfirst into the culinary world. I graduated from the Culinary Institute of America… Read more »
By Bruce Wunderlich | Production Director, Bird Watcher’s Digest “Oh no! You’re not really going there, are you?” That was the reaction I received from most of my friends when I told them I was going to Honduras on a birding tour. I have to admit, their reactions concerned me a little. This was my… Read more »
Marbled Murrelets, by British bird artist Darren Rees, graced the cover of the July/August 2017 issue of Bird Watcher’s Digest, and was accompanied by a fascinating story and profile of this species on the pages inside the issue. (Read the story here!) Now, to help with the cancer-related expenses of BWD’s editor and co-publisher, Bill… Read more »
By Rack Cross When it comes to birding trails one size does not fit all. Kingsport, nestled in the foothills of the Smokey Mountains of Northeast Tennessee, hosted an unforeseen series of events in our city of about 54,000 people that resulted in a municipal birding trail that serves to improve the quality of life… Read more »
Ed Kanze won the Birder of the Year 2017 contest with his essay, “Find a Bird, Get a Life,” which ran in the March/April 2017 issue of Bird Watcher’s Digest. Recently having claimed his prize: a trip to Costa Rica, courtesy of Swarovski Optik, he submitted this story: Costa Rica with Swarovski By Ed Kanze… Read more »
By Diane Porter Birds fly, innocent of national borders. They don’t get their passports stamped at the airport, but they carry the story of one nation to another. A Wilson’s warbler that I welcome back to Iowa in May tells me that a patch of forest in Central America is still there. Some countries where… Read more »
by Chris Larsen Peru is one of the very best places to watch birds and wildlife anywhere in the world. From the Pacific coast, via the high Andes to the Amazon rainforest, Peru wildlife offers an unparalleled variety of exotic species in some of the world’s most stunningly beautiful landscapes. Now, Blue Sky Wildlife, working… Read more »
By Duane Morse At some point in your birding career, you’ll want to go to the spring dance. The greater prairie-chicken dance, that is. And when you do, you’ll naturally want to gate-crash the nearby greater sage-grouse dance, and perhaps observe lesser prairie-chickens strut their stuff. Why not make a grand tour and see as… Read more »
By David La Puma, Ph.D Director, Cape May Bird Observatory New Jersey Audubon We’re in the midst of fall migration, in which masses of birds descend on our forests, farms, wetlands, lakes, and shores to find shelter and refuel for their journey further south or to hunker down and settle in for the winter. To… Read more »
