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Spring is here, and the air is full of birdsong. The Merlin Bird ID app tells you what type of birds you’re hearing … plus it’s quick, easy and free. With this software from the Cornell Lab of ...

“Can you identify this bird (above)? I spotted it at a local park,” asks Birds & Blooms reader Lou Stoker of Bakersfield, California. Birding experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman say, “This is an ...

It’s spring, and nature is pulling me away from my computer as I write this. The sun is shining, the world is warming up, and the birds are chirping away. And that got me thinking: What if a ...

In my yard in Decatur the other morning, an unseen bird in a shrub belted out something that sounded like, “Drink your teeeee!” I knew immediately that it was an Eastern towhee. Then, a loud “cheerily ...

Learn what a barred owl looks like and what their call sounds like. Plus learn where you can spot these large owls in North ...

After decades of frustration, machine-learning tools are unlocking a treasure trove of acoustic data for ecologists. A small songbird soars above Ithaca, New York, on a September night. He is one of 4 ...

After a long summer of steamy humid nights, nothing beats sleeping with the windows open when the temperature finally drops. Fall weather arrived recently here in Michigan, where my family has a ...