Latest Birdwatching Stories

Top nature and birding tour company, Naturalist Journeys, announces exciting bird-watching tour to view spectacular Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska with expert guides. Lincoln, Nebraska (PRWEB) December 21, 2012 Naturalist Journeys, a top Nature Tour Company, is proud to announce their upcoming Nebraska Platte River Guided Birding Tour of the famous Sandhill Cranes. Expert birding tour guides Ed and Sil Pembleton have been traveling to see the annual Sandhill Crane migration on the Platte...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are urging wildlife enthusiasts to join the tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the United States in the Audubon Society's 114th Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC), which will take place Dec. 14 through Jan. 5. "Bird enthusiasts, armed with binoculars, bird guides and checklists, will head out on an annual mission - often before dawn - to make a difference and to see nature...

Join fellow bird feeders, as they count down to the big holiday with Birdfeeders.com 25 Daily Deals of December! Litiz, PA (PRWEB) December 01, 2012 Bird feeders, young and old everywhere are celebrating the holidays with deals galore! Tweet-Tweet, Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noel... no matter how you say it, many look forward to this very special December celebration. This year, Perky-Pet® wants to celebrate with all bird-lovers by offering a 25 Daily Deals of December...

New Design-A-Feeder From Perky-Pet® Lets Birders Customize Their Own Seed Feeder Lititz, PA (PRWEB) October 18, 2012 With the growing curiosity in birding—60 million Americans are interested in this hobby—more and more budding birders are looking for ways to enjoy watching their feathered friends. The United States hosts over 1,000 species of birds, so why have a bird feeder that’s one-size-fits-all? To offer a fun alternative, Perky-Pet® is introducing a new...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new study finds that feeding the birds might not be so nice, after all. Many Canadian homeowners have heard the thud of a bird hitting a window, but until now, little research has been done to document the significance of these collisions for Canada's bird population. A University of Alberta biology class project supervised by researcher Erin Bayne suggests as many as 22 million birds meet their end in run-ins with Canadian...

Over 280 bird species migrate west to one of the most significant and internationally recognized wetlands, Lahontan Valley. Here is where the annual Spring Wings Bird Festival Takes Place. Pony Express Territory, Fallon, NV (PRWEB) April 10, 2012 “It’s a great time to visit all things flying,” said Susan Sawyer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge. The 15th annual nonprofit Spring Wings Bird Festival takes place May 18, 19, and 20 in Fallon, Nev. It...

Bird migration timing across North America has been affected by climate change, according to a study published Feb. 22 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. The results are based on a systematic analysis of observations from amateur birdwatchers. This citizen science approach provided access to data for 18 common North American bird species, including orioles, house wrens, and barn swallows, across an unprecedented geographical region. The researchers, led by Allen Hurlbert of University of...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are encouraging bird and nature fans throughout the state to join tens of thousands of everyday North American bird watchers for the 2012 Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), Feb. 17-20. A joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, this free event is an opportunity for families, students, and people of all ages to discover the wonders of nature...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are urging wildlife enthusiasts to join the tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the United States in the Audubon Society's 112th Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC), which will take place Dec. 14 through Jan. 5. "Bird enthusiasts, armed with binoculars, bird guides and checklists, will head out on an annual mission - often before dawn - to make a difference and to see nature...

Binocular Brigades Volunteer Up and Down the Hemisphere NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The longest running Citizen Science survey in the world, Audubon's annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place from December 14, 2011 to January 5, 2012. Tens of thousands of volunteers throughout North America will brave winter weather to add a new layer to over a century of data. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111205/DC17057) "Audubon was a social network...