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Birding Tip: Help Your eBird Reviewer
While a Ruby-crowned Kinglet may be a regularly occurring species in your area, an early record or high count may go through a review process | Kevin Vande Vusse.
Welcome to the birdy side of the internet! This week’s newsletter pairs an e...
Owls 101
An introduction to the diversity, adaptations, and lives of this remarkable group of birds
Few bird encounters are as memorable as an owl. Whether you discover one silently watching you from a dense conifer stand or hear a whistled tremolo...
Bird’s Eye View: October 2026
A month of migration, conservation, and the many ways we learn from birds
Welcome to Bird’s Eye View! This month we bring together stories and resources that show just how connected the birding world is. Across continents, conservationists...
Birding Tip: Bird your Local Cemetery
Many consider cemeteries spooky, but birds use their habitat to thrive | Gayle Nicholson (CC BY-SA).
Welcome to the birdy side of the internet! With Halloween just around the corner, this week’s newsletter pairs an unexpected waterfowl wit...
Study Series: Waterfowl 201b
Stacking the odds in your favor to find more waterfowl
Welcome back to Birding University’s Waterfowl Study Series! In Part A of the 201-level installment, we began by applying the Foundations of Field ID to approach waterfowl identificati...
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