BirdWatching

BirdWatching is a must-read for anyone who loves birds, whether you are a casual birdwatcher or avid birder. Each issue includes articles by the best known, most respected names in birding, identification tips, spectacular photography, hands-on information about the best birding locations in North America, answers to intriguing reader questions, and much more.

Carrying the torch

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A record-setting year • South Florida wading birds had their most productive breeding season in decades in 2018

Since you asked • YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY BIRD BANDER JULIE CRAVES

Go birding, save species

Lookalike woodpeckers • Plumage mimicry explains why some woodpeckers imitate a neighbor’s appearance

ON THE MOVE • Maps show seasonal movements of woodpecker, phoebe

Secret life of birds

PHOTO GALLERY • Recent rare-bird sightings in North America

Checklist proposals • Committee considering splits, name changes

A fundamental ritual • Why field trips lie at the heart of birdwatching

MEMORY MAKERS • The market for birder-friendly cameras and lenses is changing fast. Here’s what you need to know to find the right photography gear for you.

BRIDGE CAMERAS

For the greater good • New York’s Project Safe Flight volunteers take on the grim task of documenting birds that hit the city’s glass buildings

Kill the lights, not the birds

Game changer • Why the new board game Wingspan is an unexpected gateway to birding

South African safari superstars • A dozen amazing birds and other wildlife of the Rainbow Nation

AND MAMMALS, TOO! • My guides at Sabi Sabi, Lazarus Mahore and Louis Mkansi, were expert bird spotters, but they also showed me lots of mammals on our twice-daily safari drives around the reserve, including the 10 animals shown here.

TRAVEL TIPS

Lucifer Hummingbird

What’s in a name?

hotspots near you

claremont canyon regional preserve • oakland, california 37°51'45.86"N 122°14'38.83"W

AT A GLANCE

AT A GLANCE

bayocean peninsula park and tillamook bay • tillamook county, oregon 45°31'53.14"N 123°57'5.77"W

Sprite flight • How hummingbirds fly is astonishing

Missing silence • Our noisy world often stifles the joy of listening to birds

Looking up • Birding experiences and photographs submitted by readers

Keys to identifying shorebirds • Start by learning to recognize the four distinct groups of beach-combers

TARGET BIRDS • Enjoy this photo gallery of species that you can see at the locations featured in this issue’s “Hotspots Near You.”