American pipit photo with Kowa scope and iPhone 6 Birders have lots of reasons to want a photo of birds they see. First is it's fun, but also these days if you find a bird outside of its usual range, at

We have had a first winter Glaucous gull in the Port of Tacoma area this winter (2017-2018) that is a very desirable species for Washington state. Glaucous gulls breed on the coastal areas of Alaska and

Living near salt water in the U.S. makes watching sea ducks a big part of birding. Scoters make a good group of birds for beginning birders to study because they meet many of the criterion for success.

The genus Zonotrichia is a group of sparrows we enjoy throughout much of North America especially in winter. In Washington we get to study flocks of crowned sparrows (the common name for this group of

Last week I was out birding the prairie at Joint Base Lewis McChord and was really pleased to hear a singing Western meadowlark. It was early February, and seemed early for meadowlarks to be into full

Band-tailed pigeon Beginning birders can become discouraged that they cannot identify a lot of the birds that they see, and can expend lots of time trying to identify distant or poorly seen birds. Beginners

These Northern Pintails Can be easy to see. Take the time to study the females and look for minor field marks. Birding can bring great joy to lots of otherwise mundane aspects of life. Nearly everywhere

This is a photo of a Ross's goose (the white bird) and a Greater white-fronted goose (tail end view) Those of us who are passionate about finding, identifying, watching, hearing and studying birds call

Every MLK weekend a group of birding friends from the Tacoma area heads for north central Washington to find our winter specialty birds. We sometimes call it our "Freezathon." In western WA we

Lincoln's sparrow One of the joys of winter birding is looking through mixed flocks of birds. In breeding season most birds tend to be territorial, or in some cases of colonial nesters very gregarious,

eBird is an online database of bird sightings managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that was launched in 2002 for the western hemisphere, but since 2010 has been in use worldwide. Over the last few

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