Columns

These online essays by Birding Editor Frank Izaguirre explore the endless ways birds blend with everything else, the many "ands" of birding—how birds and birding connect us to so many other things.

These reviews of significant books, films, websites, and other publications, edited by Rebecca Minardi, reflect the diverse interests of our varied readership.

Alex Lamoreaux and guest authors provide breaking news of major bird events like irruptions, hurricane fallouts, notable rarities, and sudden range shifts.

In these friendly and relatable essays, always focusing on a particular bird species, Birding Editor Ted Floyd explores the intersection of bird biology and human imagination.

Field ornithologist Tony Leukering offers a fun and challenging monthly photo quiz to test your identification skills.