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  • Bird Friendly Certification: 8 Requirements Coffee Farms Need to Satisify
    by Scott on October 20, 2025 at 5:51 pm

    In the world of coffee certifications, there’s one that soars above the rest—literally. The Smithsonian Bird Friendly certification is the gold standard when it comes to protecting our feathered friends and other wildlife while ensuring your coffee is both delicious and environmentally responsible. But what does it take for a coffee farm to earn this… The post Bird Friendly Certification: 8 Requirements Coffee Farms Need to Satisify appeared first on Bird Watching HQ.

  • Harpy Eagles: 17 Fascinating Facts About the Canopy’s King
    by Scott on October 19, 2025 at 5:49 pm

    Honestly, Harpy Eagles are one of the coolest birds around. They are the rulers of the rainforest skies and are as intriguing as they are awe-inspiring. Keep reading, and you will learn some incredible facts about these powerful raptors. #1. Harpy Eagles are well known for their unique look Both males and females sport a… The post Harpy Eagles: 17 Fascinating Facts About the Canopy’s King appeared first on Bird Watching HQ.

  • 10 Things You Can Do to Help Birds
    by Scott on October 18, 2025 at 5:47 pm

    Let me give you a staggering and sobering number: Since 1970, 2.9 billion birds have disappeared from North America. Yes, you read that correctly. Almost 25% of the total number of birds have vanished in less than a single lifetime. And it’s not just rare birds whose numbers are down. Most of our common and… The post 10 Things You Can Do to Help Birds appeared first on Bird Watching HQ.

  • Scarlet Tanager Species Spotlight: 10 Interesting Facts!
    by Scott on October 17, 2025 at 5:43 pm

    Today, I want to introduce you to the Scarlet Tanager. Many people find it surprising that these BEAUTIFUL birds spend their summers breeding in North America. Once the weather starts to turn cooler, they migrate thousands of miles to Central and South America to spend the winter. During these winter months, Scarlet Tanagers commonly live on or… The post Scarlet Tanager Species Spotlight: 10 Interesting Facts! appeared first on Bird Watching HQ.

  • Gray Catbird Species Spotlight: 10 Interesting Facts!
    by Scott on October 16, 2025 at 5:41 pm

    If you’ve ever heard a bird meow or seen a flash of sleek gray darting through a thicket, you might have seen the Gray Catbird. Equal parts mysterious and entertaining, these feathered wonders are common but not often seen. Here are TEN interesting facts about Gray Catbirds: #1. Named for Their “Mew-sical” Call Grey Catbirds… The post Gray Catbird Species Spotlight: 10 Interesting Facts! appeared first on Bird Watching HQ.

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  • Birds of Christmas
    by Dr. Roger Lederer on December 12, 2024 at 5:12 pm

    Now that it is almost Christmas, you will hear the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” created in about 16th century England. This song has more birds in it than any other holiday song. You know, “On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.” The The post Birds of Christmas appeared first on Ornithology.

  • Why do Woodpeckers Peck?
    by Dr. Roger Lederer on October 16, 2024 at 4:41 pm

    Woodpeckers are successful creatures and well-known to everyone. Perhaps the most famous woodpecker is Woody, the cartoon woodpecker, but the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, very likely extinct since 1948, is the most well-known real one.  There are many kinds of woodpeckers in the world, around 250 species. Propped against the side of a tree trunk, they rapidly The post Why do Woodpeckers Peck? appeared first on Ornithology.

  • Flocks Heading South for the Winter
    by Dr. Roger Lederer on October 14, 2024 at 5:07 pm

    This is the time of year you see flocks of birds heading south. If they are geese, they typically fly in a skein or V formation. Ducks fly in looser skeins, and smaller birds like shorebirds and songbirds fly basically in a bunch. Pelicans and cormorants fly in a line. And many blackbirds and starlings The post Flocks Heading South for the Winter appeared first on Ornithology.

  • Do Ducks’ Quacks Echo? And Other Bird Myths [Updated]
    by Dr. Roger Lederer on August 11, 2024 at 11:36 am

    I receive all kinds of questions from around the world, and I have been contacted by newspapers, magazines, radio and TV shows, Hollywood producers, authors, artists, scientists, architects, and even a fighter pilot in Iraq, asking about some aspect of birds. Mostly they are straightforward questions about identification, bird houses, feeding, behavior, diseases, etc., but The post Do Ducks’ Quacks Echo? And Other Bird Myths [Updated] appeared first on Ornithology.

  • Birds in Modern Life
    by Dr. Roger Lederer on July 19, 2024 at 4:51 pm

    Birds have been around for over 200 million years. Of perhaps 125,000 avian species that existed during that time, over 11,000 still populate every habitat on Earth except the center of Antarctica and the depths of the oceans. Hominids have been around for maybe six million years, and modern humans only around 200,000 years. But The post Birds in Modern Life appeared first on Ornithology.

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  • Join the fun this Birding Big Day
    by Adam Cruickshank on December 2, 2025 at 4:23 pm

    Wailing Cisticola – photographed by Adam Cruickshank This article originally originally featured in our Daily Birder email. To make sure you never miss a Daily Birder article, subscribe to our mailing list here . This Saturday is one of my favourite birding days of the year. I will wake up earlier than any human should, head out with some amazing people, and take part in a day of birding that our team has planned better than an F1 team in a title race (well hopefully planned as well as Red…

  • Bustling Savanna: Exploring Hwange National Park
    by Ruven Schoeman on November 21, 2025 at 7:38 am

    Hwange National Park is Zimbabwe’s second most visited tourist destination. The park is known for its large number of big game, offering a similar experience to the Kruger National Park. Besides its stronghold for mammals, it is also the largest Big Five national park, spanning over fourteen thousand square kilometres. Although many other national parks in Zimbabwe often lack well-maintained roads, we found that Hwange’s roads were in good condition and linked many areas in the park. This…

  • Birding Big Day South Africa: Expert Tips, Strategy, and Free Resources
    by Adam Cruickshank on November 20, 2025 at 3:30 pm

    This article originally originally featured in our Daily Birder email. To make sure you never miss a Daily Birder article, subscribe to our mailing list here . This post is written by Nicholas Newman. If you know anything about the history of birding in South Africa, you’ll know that Nicholas’s father was the late Kenneth Newman, who impacted the lives of many of our readers. This is a great article where Nicholas shares his personal history of taking part in Birding Big Day and why this is a…

  • Connecting Science and Story: A Review of Birds on the Brink
    by Adam Cruickshank on October 16, 2025 at 3:16 pm

    This article originally originally featured in our Daily Birder email. To make sure you never miss a Daily Birder article, subscribe to our mailing list here . I am an avid bird book collector, which means I have built up quite an extensive library. Field guides, reference books, coffee-table books – if it fuels my love of birds, I want it on my shelf. A few months ago, I came across an advert for a new release that immediately caught my attention. I knew this was one book I had to add to my…

  • What’s the best bird identification app for South Africans?
    by Adam Cruickshank on October 2, 2025 at 1:11 pm

    This article originally originally featured in our Daily Birder email. To make sure you never miss a Daily Birder article, subscribe to…