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The Burrowing Owl photo on the cover of our February 2011 issue (right) came to us from Neil Losin . Neil is a biologist, photographer, and filmmaker who lives in Los Angeles. He has written a few articles for us, and he was the grand-prize winner of our 2006 Photo of the Week Contest . He is working...

Welcome to the February 2011 issue of Birder's World! Subscribers should be receiving their copies any day now, and the issue will appear on newsstands across the country and in Canada at the beginning of January. Look for it! You'll like it! Find Birder's World on a newsstand near you ....

In our October 2010 issue's Hotspots Near You section, our friend Marshall Faintich described birding the Rockfish Valley in central Virginia, home to Wood Ducks, meadowlarks, Worm-eating Warblers, and more than 200 other species. Marshall is the official photographer and senior birding editor for...

A pure white Snowy Owl may be on the cover of our December issue -- our way of calling attention to one truly superb article about Snowy and Great Gray Owls inside -- but owls aren't the only winter birds featured in the issue. Also sharing the spotlight are the increasing numbers of hummingbirds...

If you don't mind my saying so, I'm fairly certain that the cover story of our December 2010 issue is going to knock your socks off. In it, Gordon Court, a wildlife biologist for the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division, shares all he knows about telling the ages and sexes of Snowy Owls and...

Julie, Matt, and I took the recent completion of our sixth and final Readers' Favorites Survey as an opportunity to kick off our shoes, lean back, and enjoy the many articles about owls, owling, and owl-watching locations that have appeared in Birder's World through the years. Figuring you'd...

In late December 2008, Robert Strickland was hoping to photograph Sandhill Cranes during a visit to Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park in north-central Florida, just south of Gainesville. Instead, Robert, who lives about an hour south of the park in Beverly Hills, came away with fantastic photos of a...

Our Photo of the Week winner for July and August is Troy Lim, who captured this memorable image of a Bald Eagle preparing to land in a tree. Our judge Robert Strickland, who photographed the Red-shouldered Hawk we published on our October issue cover , noted that the photo "has perfect depth of...

Just in time, that's what our October 2010 issue is. Just in time for one of the most anticipated bird phenomena of the year: the annual, epic migration of hawks and other birds of prey across North America. The issue will go on newsstands on August 31. (Ask for it at your favorite birding shop or...

I'm delighted to let you know that our August 2010 issue is now available on newsstands. Here's the table of contents . And here's a list of stores where you can buy a copy for yourself. Contributing editors The issue contains a really nice assortment of wit and wisdom from our contributing...

Pictured on the cover of our June 2010 issue (right) is the world's smallest bird: a male Bee Hummingbird. It measures 2.5 inches from the tip of the beak to the tip of the tail, and it weighs 1.6 to 1.9 grams. That’s a mere 0.056 to 0.067 ounces. In fact, the cover photo shows the bird at...

Not too long ago, I wrote about how we had just added 50 articles about birds and birdwatching to our growing online collection. Today I'm happy to announce that we've added 20 more. Seven are engaging, informative species profiles -- and some of my favorite pieces from the Birder's World...

We published a fantastic article about nesting Black Terns in our June issue. Marie Read , a long-time contributing photographer from Freeville, New York, wrote the piece and shot all the photos, including the charming scene shown above: adult Black Terns feeding a newly hatched chick. What did it take...

The June 2010 issue of Birder's World, featuring contributions from contributing editors David Sibley, Pete Dunne, Kenn Kaufman, Julie Craves, and other friends, will go on sale on newsstands on Tuesday, May 4. Here are 15 reasons you should ask for it at your favorite bookstore: 1. David Sibley...

Meet Joanne Willey of Creedmoor, North Carolina, the lucky winner of our latest Readers' Favorites Survey . Thanks to our generous partner, Nikon Sport Optics , she will soon receive one sweet pair of birding binoculars -- the Nikon Monarch 8x36. Congratulations, Joanne! I know you'll love...

BirdersWorld.com is 50 great articles richer today than it was six months ago. Since October, we've added 50 articles about great birding locations in 13 states and one Canadian province: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Texas...

Nature photographer Bill Draker and his wife Sharon were participating in the 2009 Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest in Texas in April 2009 when Bill photographed the stunning male Painted Bunting that appears on our April 2010 issue cover (right). The biannual contest promotes wildlife conservation...

I'm happy to announce that our April 2010 issue -- full of places to go birding this spring, a guide to photography blinds, a list of citizen-science projects that help birds and need volunteers, ID tips from David Allen Sibley and Kenn Kaufman, lots of great photos, and plenty more -- is now available...

In September 2006, Craig Thompson, chair of the International Committee of the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative and a regional land program supervisor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, flew to Ecuador with 11 other birders on a trip they dubbed the “Jocotoco Birdathon.”...

Jeannette Fackler of Garrettsville, Ohio, pictured at right, is the winner of our third Readers' Favorites Survey . Congratulations, Jeannette! She was one of more than 2,000 people who answered our survey about birdwatchers' favorite places to see hummingbirds. The survey was conducted in...

According to data I downloaded on eBird today, birdwatchers reported Loggerhead Shrikes from Florida to California and as far north as Idaho and Maryland this winter. Counts peaked at more than 2,200 individuals during the week of January 1. In recent weeks, the shrikes seem to be most numerous in coastal...

Our February 2010 issue, the first of the new year, is now on newsstands. I think you'll like it. Here are six solid reasons why: David Allen Sibley tells how head patterns match up with five feather groups on common backyard birds -- Black-capped Chickadee, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow...

We have our second winner in our Readers' Favorites Survey ! In our December 2009 issue, we asked you to tell us your favorite places in the United States and Canada to see warblers, and as you did when we requested locations to watch eagles , you came through. Big time. Many, many thanks...

For the cover of our December 2009 issue, we knew we wanted a shot of a winter finch -- one of a handful of hardy northern songbirds that wander unpredictably each year -- but we didn't know which one. We would have been happy with a Pine Grosbeak, White-winged Crossbill, or Purple Finch, but when...

There's more to enjoy during the FREE open-access weekend on BirdersWorld.com ! All the great features that normally are available only to registered users of BirdersWorld.com or Birder's World magazine subscribers are available to everyone. For free.What a great opportunity to find out what...