Birding 1,2,3
Basics for first-timers:
Bird Guide
Online guide for bird identification and information: ID tips, photos, maps, sounds, habitat, behavior, more.
Gear Guide
From binocular basics to advanced gear for digiscoping
What's New
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The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is using advanced acoustic technology to help save Right Whales. |
- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Living Bird magazine is now available online.
- Our most asked questions for spring
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May's featured photographer--Glenn Bartley
Birding News and Events
News
- Guardian bird watches over the flock.
- Estimates of North American land bird populations are now available online.
Events
- Field Ornithology course on Maine Audubon's Hog Island, June 22-28
- American Birding Association annual meeting, June 23-29.
- 125th annual meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, August 4-9.
Tell Us What You Think!
Your answers to our short survey are important to us.
Multimedia
Selections from our video gallery and species accounts.

Video: Singing Common Yellowthroat.