Because it’s important to track the progress, survival, and travel of these banded-and-released birds, in 2009 IBR began to place bright blue bands on their pelicans, making it much easier for the public to see and identify the band numbers.

The famed Rio Grande Valley, at the southernmost tip of Texas, boasts the largest concentration of tropical birds in the U.S.

After a couple minutes straining to locate its nest, I lowered my binoculars, and there it was. The porcupine stood not 10 feet ahead on the trail in front of me.

When more of us value and advocate for birds, we can truly change the face of American birding as we know it!

After a cool swim, as we settled on a ledge with a picnic lunch, we noticed an Eastern Phoebe moving from a branch to a spot in the cliff overhead.

Cameron Cox is a product specialist for Leica Optics, in Middleton, Wisconsin.

What began as a friendly birding competition in 1997, Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival has evolved into one of the best-known birding festivals in the U.S. 

Downy, Hairy, and Red-bellied Woodpeckers are daily visitors to my feeders, no matter what the season.

The Friends of the Migratory Bird/Duck Stamp has defined its role in promoting, preserving, selling, and better understanding the Duck Stamp.

Set it and forget it, and come home to (or wake up to) images you just can’t get yourself.