

Wonder
Bird-watching skills naturally begin with curiosity. Nurturing curiosity to an insatiable level will create a feedback loop where every...


Fides
Birding rests on varying degrees of trust. There is a need to trust the information contained in the field guide you are using (minute...


Habitats Matter
Birds are everywhere and are more diverse within a habitat than you might imagine. Still, to maximize a list nothing beats visiting...


Happy Dipping
Not seeing the rare bird on a field trip is called "dipping." Always remember that when you dip on the target you have still experienced...


Whose List Is It Anyway?
Record-keeping is the way that you write your birdwatching story. It is also a way to contribute data that ultimately can be utilized by...


Hollywood Finches
Range maps are important tools for identification. They will tell you if your identification matches a bird that is common or rare in the...


Look and Listen
So many common birds look alike at first sight that birders have a term for them: little brown jobbers. So an important tip is to observe...


Click and Clack, the Moli Sisters
But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you. ~ Job 12:7 Throughout the 2000s, a...


Little Boxes
For you formed my inward parts;you knitted me together in my mother's womb.I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.~ Psalm...


Polyglot
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem.And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered,...