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I apologize for the form-letter approach here, but I need to let you know about something important: As you may know, in August 2012, Madavor Media purchased BirdWatching magazine from Kalmbach Publishing Co. Since the sale, the BirdWatchingDaily website...

A top-notch article ( "The Golden Age of Tracking," pictured above) in our forthcoming April issue explains how tiny new tracking devices known as geolocators are rapidly changing what we know about the migration of Northern Wheatears, Flammulated Owls...

Compare photos of Eastern, Abert’s, California, Green-tailed, Canyon, and Spotted Towhees. The images are from our galleries . Enjoy! Share your bird photos in our galleries. View the contents of our August 2012 issue. Compare photos of...

In Born-Again Bird-Watcher , a provocative article in our August 2012 issue , Vermont birder Maeve Kim recounts her evolution from a wonder-filled bird-watcher to a joyless bird-getter and describes how she rediscovered what it was about birding that...

Compare Eastern, Western, Gray, Loggerhead, and Cassin’s Kingbirds in the photos below. You can spot each species in North America, but the Loggerhead is more likely to be found in the Caribbean. The images are from our galleries . Share your...

The birds and birders of New York City's Central Park have been described in our magazine and others numerous times. They've been the subjects of great books like Red-Tails in Love, Birds of Central Park, and Central Park in the Dark . And who-knows-how...

No, you didn't accidentally land on one of Kalmbach's websites about model planes , trains , or automobiles . The men crouching in the photo above with a remote-controlled airplane are wildlife biologists who may have uncovered a new way to prevent collisions...

Photographed in Tobago, Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Guatemala, the hummingbirds below are great examples of the beautiful birds to be found in Central and South America. We found the photos in our galleries . Enjoy! Share your bird photos in our...

Today’s collection of reader photos comes from our World gallery . They show just a few of the many colorful and exotic birds to be found in a beautiful, faraway country that we’d dearly love to visit someday – India. Share your bird...

Which is more beautiful -- the male or female Rose-breasted Grosbeak? Sure, males stand out with their bright red chests, but as you can see in the photos below, females are striking too. We found the pictures in our galleries . Share your bird photos...

The birds below are unique; they’re hybrids. That is, they contain the genetic DNA for two different species. Look up each member of each pair in your field guide. See if you can spot the characteristics of each species in the hybrid. The photographs...

Smart-looking waxwings typically show up in a flock, descending onto backyard trees en masse, then departing as quickly as they arrived. In the photos below, you can compare Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings. We chose the pictures from our galleries . Share...

Today I have the privilege of introducing you to the work of acclaimed photographer Layne Kennedy . He is our "Featured Photographer" for June. Layne takes photos of landscapes, mammals, flowers, thunderstorms, the stars, sled dogs , birds, the people...

This blog post and photo come from Contributing Editor Laura Erick son. Laura's column "Attracting Birds" -- about attracting, feeding, sheltering, and understanding the birds in your backyard -- appears in every issue of BirdWatching magazine. Read...

Delightful, football-size Burrowing Owl, shown below, can be found throughout the western half of North America and in Florida. Enjoy the photos! They’re from our galleries . Submit your photos to our galleries. Watch a video of a Burrowing...

You can find Belted Kingfisher across North America, Ringed Kingfisher in South Texas, and Green Kingfisher in southern Texas and southeastern Arizona -- or you can look below! We chose the images from our photo galleries . Submit your photos to our...

In a newsletter mailed in February 2012, we asked readers to share memorable experiences with one or more nightjars -- Common Pauraque, Chuck-will's-widow, Eastern and Mexican Whip-poor-wills, Buff-collared Nightjar, and Common Poorwill. We printed a...

A bird on the wing is beautiful, but many birds on wing can be downright captivating, as the photos below show. We found them in our photo galleries . Submit your flock photos to our galleries. Read about the many collections of bird photos...

Update, May 22, 2012: This story describes an open house that ended on Sunday, May 20, 2012. We've removed all access restrictions on our website. From now until Sunday, you and everyone else -- non-subscribers as well as subscribers -- can view everything...

Update, May 22, 2012: This story describes an open house that ended on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Welcome to Day 2 of our open house! You may know by now that we've dropped all access restrictions on our website. From now until Sunday, you and everyone...

Update, May 22, 2012: This story describes an open house that ended on Sunday, May 20, 2012. C'mon in! The front door is open wide! From now until Sunday, you'll find no access restrictions anywhere on our website. You and everyone else -- non-subscribers...

Update, May 22, 2012: This story describes an open house that ended on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Tomorrow's the day! That's when we throw open the front door to this website, dropping all access restrictions, so that everyone -- non-subscribers as well...

Update, May 22, 2012: This story describes an open house that ended on Sunday, May 20, 2012. I'm happy to announce that, for a limited time, we're throwing open the front door to this website, dropping all access restrictions, so that everyone -- non...

The average young person spends more than 53 hours per week connected to electronic media -- more absorbed in the digital world than the natural world -- and Wild Birds Unlimited and the National Audubon Society are taking action. For the sixth...

We love Common Terns. You can find them flying, feeding, tending young, or loafing near lakes and rivers and along coastlines across the continent. The photos below are from our photo galleries . Enjoy the images! Submit your photos to our galleries...