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By Jessica Melfi on February 11, 2021 Leave a Comment

Two Thumbs Up for Monty and Rose

I’ve been looking forward to curling up with my laptop and watching Monty and Rose—a short film starring the first pair of piping plovers to nest in Chicago in 64 years—ever since I listened to BWD‘s recent BirdSense podcast interview with filmmaker Bob Dolgan. I finally sat down one snowy afternoon and was immediately whisked away… Read more »

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By BWD Staff on October 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

Window Strikes: Preventing Collisions and Helping Stunned Birds

We’re in the midst of Global Bird Rescue Week (October 5–11), an annual event sponsored by FLAP (Fatal Light Awareness Program) Canada, whose mission is to inform and educate people around the world to take action to keep birds safe from building collisions. Hundreds of millions of birds fatally collide with windows and buildings in… Read more »

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By BWD Staff on September 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

Join BWD for Global Bird Weekend!

Bird Watcher’s Digest is joining friends around the world in The Global Bird Weekend, and we’re inviting you to join us, too!  WHO IS INVOLVED  Tim Appleton of Rutland, England, was the beloved face of the British Birdfair for more than 30 years, and his vision, spirit, and energy inspired its success for decades. Because our world has changed due to COVID-19… Read more »

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By Hank Weber on September 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

Fire Birds

Red-tailed hawk by Bruce Wunderlich.

The evening news seems to be too-regularly reporting another major new wildfire somewhere, each one more horrific than the previous one. Wildfires are devastating, destroying tens or hundreds of thousands of acres, burning countless homes, wiping out entire towns, uprooting and terrorizing families. And they seem to be getting worse and more frequent every year…. Read more »

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By Kelly Ball on August 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

Explore Optics and More in Zeiss’s Digital Nature Hub!

In an alternate version of 2020, I would be in Rutland, England, this week, attending my first British Birdfair (not to mention my first visit to England!) with our publisher, Wendy Clark. Responsibly managing travel and public health safety during COVID-19 resulted in cancelation of the physical event, which normally draws about 24,000 attendees from… Read more »

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By Dawn Hewitt on July 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

Recognizing 100 Years of Bird-banding Research 

USGS biologist Matthew Rogosky retrieving a songbird from a mist net before banding at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland. Photograph credit: Chelsea Steinbrecher-Hoffmann, USGS

John James Audubon was the first to tag a bird. In 1804, he affixed a thin, silver band to the legs of eastern phoebes that were nesting on his property. Audubon was curious about nest-site fidelity. The following year, the phoebes—leg bands intact—returned to nest on his property. Audubon was brilliant, but I doubt that… Read more »

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By Wendy Clark on March 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

What’s Happening at BWD During COVID-19: We Are Here for You, Now and Always!

A Message from Wendy Clark, BWD Publisher and Director Dear Friends: How are you faring during our global pandemic? We hope you are safe, sequestered, and staying healthy amid this unprecedented time in our world’s history. The staff at Bird Watcher’s Digest has avoided COVID-19 so far, and we are taking sensible measures to stay safe during… Read more »

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By Jessica Melfi on March 27, 2020 Leave a Comment

The Importance of Birding & Community: Support Festivals, Support Conservation

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 »

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By Birding News on January 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

Was There a Snowy Owl in Your 2020 New Year’s Resolutions?

If you decided that seeing a snowy owl in the wild would be a great goal for 2020, and you haven’t seen one yet, good luck! Snowy owls have turned up in their regular haunts in the past month or so, but this winter is not proving to be an irruption season. Most memorably, in… Read more »

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By Jessica Melfi on July 15, 2019 Leave a Comment

Adopted hawk raised by eagles

A bald eagle nest by any account is a sight to behold, especially once the adults are joined by their young. On rare occasion, one of the little heads peeping over the top of the nest isn’t an eagle at all, but rather another raptor species! This is exactly what happened recently in Redding, California,… Read more »

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