New book Science on Ice offers penguins and more [video]
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=I97BfAQRXqA In addition to our suggestions for 12 gifts that give back, there’s a gorgeous new book on the shelves called Science on Ice, by Chris Linder. It’s the story of...
View ArticlePip, pip, hooray!—Bird Cams memorabilia are here
Many of the people following our Bird Cams grew pretty attached to our Red-tailed Hawks and Great Blue Herons. Now that the youngsters are making their first flights into the great unknown, we’ve been...
View ArticleA Hawk-Watching Quiz on the Prairie, Crossley Style
(Click image for a larger version) The new Crossley guide hits bookstores this week, bringing Crossley’s unique approach to the task of helping you identify more raptors—whether they’re familiar,...
View ArticleNew Crossley ID Quiz Challenges You to ID Raptors From Above
Click image for a larger version. (Right-click to open in a new window if you’d like to have the photo visible while you read the answers below.) The new Crossley ID Guide: Raptors came out in April....
View ArticleFinally: a “Master Set” of 4,938 Downloadable Bird Sounds
Nearly 80 years in the making, the most comprehensive downloadable guide to bird sounds is now available—The Cornell Guide to Bird Sounds: Master Set for North America. Nearly 300 recordists through...
View ArticleTop 10 Holiday Gifts for Birders and for Birds
Here’s a list of holiday gift suggestions to appeal to any bird or nature lover on your list. These are gifts that improve the mind, create fun, and highlight the beauty of the natural world. A...
View ArticleNew eBird/iPhone app puts local knowledge in your pocket
Here comes another leap forward in knowing where to go birding: the BirdsEye iPhone app. Combining the huge data stores and mapping abilities of eBird, photos from VIREO, sounds from the Cornell Lab’s...
View ArticleBird Songs Bible: A book that sings to you
The holiday season doesn’t start officially for another nine days or so, but there’s a new book on the horizon that might earn a place on your advance list. It’s the Bird Songs Bible, a hefty tome...
View ArticleCrossley’s Influences: Mt. Everest to Michael Jackson
In a talk last night that began with a song and ended with a poem, Richard Crossley described how the innovative format in his new identification guide coalesced from pieces of a lifetime spent...
View ArticleNew book Science on Ice offers penguins and more [video]
In addition to our suggestions for 12 gifts that give back, there’s a gorgeous new book on the shelves called Science on Ice, by Chris Linder. It’s the story of four scientific expeditions to the...
View ArticlePip, pip, hooray!—Bird Cams memorabilia are here
A variety of T-shirts is available. Many of the people following our Bird Cams grew pretty attached to our Red-tailed Hawks and Great Blue Herons. Now that the youngsters are making their first flights...
View ArticleA Hawk-Watching Quiz on the Prairie, Crossley Style
The new Crossley guide hits bookstores this week, bringing Crossley’s unique approach to the task of helping you identify more raptors—whether they’re familiar, unfamiliar, faraway, backlit, immature,...
View ArticleNew Crossley ID Quiz Challenges You to ID Raptors From Above
Click image for a larger version. (Right-click to open in a new window if you’d like to have the photo visible while you read the answers below.) Plate image courtesy Princeton University Press....
View ArticleFinally: a “Master Set” of 4,938 Downloadable Bird Sounds
Nearly 80 years in the making, the most comprehensive downloadable guide to bird sounds is now available—The Cornell Guide to Bird Sounds: Master Set for North America. Nearly 300 recordists through...
View ArticleTop 10 Holiday Gifts for Birders and for Birds
Here’s a list of holiday gift suggestions to appeal to any bird or nature lover on your list. These are gifts that improve the mind, create fun, and highlight the beauty of the natural world. A portion...
View ArticlePip, pip, hooray!—Bird Cams memorabilia are here
Many of the people following our Bird Cams grew pretty attached to our Red-tailed Hawks and Great Blue Herons. Now that the youngsters are making their first flights into the great unknown, we’ve been...
View ArticleA Hawk-Watching Quiz on the Prairie, Crossley Style
(Click image for a larger version) The new Crossley guide hits bookstores this week, bringing Crossley’s unique approach to the task of helping you identify more raptors—whether they’re familiar,...
View ArticleNew Crossley ID Quiz Challenges You to ID Raptors From Above
Click image for a larger version. (Right-click to open in a new window if you’d like to have the photo visible while you read the answers below.) The new Crossley ID Guide: Raptors came out in April....
View ArticleFinally: a “Master Set” of 4,938 Downloadable Bird Sounds
Nearly 80 years in the making, the most comprehensive downloadable guide to bird sounds is now available—The Cornell Guide to Bird Sounds: Master Set for North America. Nearly 300 recordists through...
View ArticleTop 10 Holiday Gifts for Birders and for Birds
Here’s a list of holiday gift suggestions to appeal to any bird or nature lover on your list. These are gifts that improve the mind, create fun, and highlight the beauty of the natural world. A...
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