Birding has gone mainstream. Here's what beginners should know.

I’ve become The Bird Guy to my friends and family. When they see a bird they don’t recognize, I’m asked to identify it with nothing more than a blurry photo. When the algorithms feed them bird-related ...

Ready to learn about bird-watching for beginners? Grab binoculars and a field guide, connect with other birders, then go see ...

Ask birders why they go birding, and the answers you get will vary as widely as birds themselves. Some watch birds because they enjoy observing nature. Some, to complete life lists. Others, to get a ...

You know that meme about birdwatching—how the older you get, the more interesting birds become? (“You spend your whole life being 100% indifferent to birds, and then one day you’re like, ‘Damn, is ...

IT WAS THE surf scoter that first caught Molly Adams’ attention. Back in 2012, she was looking through an interactive exhibit at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton, N.Y., where she ...