Let's see those ABA Bird of the Year stickers! ABA members Scott and Pat Sainsbury recently shared this photo of their well-worn "kitchen binoculars" with more than a decade of ABA Bird of the Year stickers. These trusty bins have seen a lot of birds and brought a lot of joy.

Our Annual Report for 2024 is now available! Take a look back at all the ways you helped make birding better through the American Birding Association: www.aba.org/pdfviewer/an...

Happy Father's Day, from the American Birding Association! Got any birding plans for this Father's Day?

On Tuesday, 22 Apr 2025, a pair of Military Macaws (Ara militaris) was photographed at Rio Grande Village in Big Bend National Park, Brewster Co, Texas. Read more: www.aba.org/military-mac...

This week, we welcome Nick Block, professor of biology at Stonehill College in Massachusetts, as well as Matt Hale, professor of biology at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth to talk all about weird winged warblers. www.aba.org/09-14-weird-...

Complete with beautiful images and extensive, detailed information, The Shorebirds of North America: A Natural History and Photographic Celebration, by Pete Dunne and Kevin T. Karlson is a great addition to any birder's shelf. Read Katie Boord's full review here: www.aba.org/striking-sho...

Laughing Gull leans in for a sip #birds

Congratulations to ABA Young Birder Vitus Li for winning the February eBirder of the Month Challenge! Vitus is currently a participant in ABA's Young Birder Mentoring program. You can read more about his story and the eBirder of the Month Challenge here: ebird.org/news/vitus-l...

Just wrote a new piece for Madison365! ✍️ Birder and best-selling author Christian Cooper recently visited Wisconsin to celebrate birding, community, and connection. 🖤 madison365.com/naturalist-a...

"As I write, the sun is rising on a nearly perfect spring morning, replete with caroling robins and ravens already on the wing. The day is marred only by the absence of my good friend Victor Emanuel, whose too brief tenure on this planet ended 11 March 2025." www.aba.org/victor-emanu...

Join Nate and Greg on YouTube this Friday, March 21 at 1pm ET to chat bird ID and other birdy topics during What's This Bird Live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJt...

In a crossover episode with Mike Braesher of Ducks Unlimited and the Ducks Unlimited Podcast, we welcome Mike, Amanda Rodewald of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Bradley Wilkinson of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies to talk about the State of the Birds report: tinyurl.com/yc3ubkxs

"Maybe the bird’s beauty was a reflection of its rarity. Or maybe, more likely, the bird was beautiful because of the weather. It had started snowing, that Sunday morning in February long ago, and the bird was luminous in the wintry landscape." Read more: tinyurl.com/mtr9c7we Photo by Ted Floyd

Data can be used to inform everything from conservation decisions to where to spend time tomorrow morning. But how can we use that data to encourage new birders or convince policy-makers to care about birds? Data artist Jer Thorp joins host Nate Swick to discuss more: www.aba.org/09-10-the-po...

I have family with ties to Ukraine and am mortified and disgusted by the White House’s disrespectful treatment of President Zelensky today. Grim days indeed.

Join Nate and Greg TOMORROW, Friday Feb. 28 at 1pm ET to chat bird ID and more on What's This Bird Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5sW...

February brings an all-star lineup to This Month in Birding, with long-time friends Jody Allair, Nick Lund, and Jordan Rutter joining host Nate Swick to talk about all manner of birdy topics. www.aba.org/09-09-this-m...

On this week's American Birding Podcast: This Month in Birding – January 2025 featuring Rebecca Heisman, Dexter Patterson, and Sarah Swanson, who join host Nate Swick to talk about loons, mosquito killing birds, cold weather birding tips, and much more! www.aba.org/09-05-this-m...

Looking for a great place to start planning a road trip? Check out our ever-expanding compilation of roadways throughout North America that offer prime birding and wildlife viewing: www.aba.org/aba-area-bir...

We love to see the ways birds can spark creativity across the board. Check out this highlight of Common Loon inspired looks! www.channel3000.com/madison-maga...

This week on the American Birding Podcast, Christian Cooper joins host Nate Swick to talk books, television, and what Central Park means to him: www.aba.org/09-08-urban-...

The ABA is deeply concerned by recent staff reductions in U.S. federal agencies tasked with the stewardship of American’s lands, waters, and wildlife, including wild birds. These actions have real world implications for the wellbeing of wild birds, particularly those facing extinction bit.ly/3Xc4BCK

Buried in yesterday's Interior Department Secretarial Order on "Unleashing American Energy"* is an attack on birds, indicating the reversal of "Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds; Revocation of Provisions," 86 Fed. Reg. 54642. www.doi.gov/document-lib...

Birding editor Ted Floyd's latest installment of How to Know the Birds explores a day of slow birding with a Ruddy turnstone: www.aba.org/how-to-know-...

Even in the dead of winter…birds! #addBirder

An intimate moment with a Florida Scrub Jay on the Scrub Ridge Trail, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

"Common Loons look like they have nothing to hide as they float around, seemingly without a care in the world. Or, at least, so I thought. I’ve come to realize there is much, much more to Common Loons than meets the birder’s eye..." www.aba.org/common-loon-...

As it should be!

Fascinating research on migrating birds - www.scientificamerican.com/article/migr...

Cold and snow can enliven the Lower Eastern Shore as evidenced by these Snow Geese

Roughly 1/4 of chocolate sales in the US and the UK occur around the holidays. If you're listening to this podcast, you're statistically almost certain to participate. What's that got to do with birds? Like coffee—chocolate now comes in a bird friendly version. www.aba.org/08-50-its-bi...

It's that simple 🐦 #birds

The ABA is thrilled to be able to announce a full slate of recipients for the ABA's awards this year. Thanks to all who have contributed so much to birding. It means so much to celebrate your accomplishments and to share this community with you. www.aba.org/2024-aba-awa...

Grateful for our flock! Reflecting on the joy, connection, and growth we’ve shared in 2024. Check out our latest blog post as we celebrate YOU and look ahead to exciting adventures in 2025! 🫶 www.bipocbirdingclub.org/birding-blog...

Wow! Missed the appropriate camera settings big time! However, this pic, taken like this or not, gives a chance to discuss a feature notable here. It's not a Slaty-backed Gull, nor is it remotely similar to that species, but I still want to discuss its string of pearls. www.aba.org/december-202...

We're thankful to hear that Wisdom, the world's oldest banded bird, has returned to Midway Atoll for the breeding season AND has already laid an egg! At 74+ years old, Wisdom is changing our understanding of #seabird biology. Welcome back & congrats! #ornithology friendsofmidway.org/wisdom-was-s...

It’s Birding Book Club’s biggest meeting of the year! We’re back again to do our annual Best Bird Books of the Year episode for 2024. There’s no better time to give the gift of bird books to the birder in your life. And why not something for yourself while you’re at it? www.aba.org/08-49-birdin...

#GivingTuesday is here! Can you help us meet our $10,000 goal? Your gift to the American Birding Association will help birders continue to connect with each other through storytelling, sharing knowledge, and celebrating our love for wild birds together: aba.app.neoncrm.com/forms/giving...

Delighted to find this feed so am offering this young Tricolored Heron in appreciation!

WISDOM IS BACK!!!! #birds

It’s finally here! The long-awaited Gull Joy episode. This week Dexter and Jason converse with one of the most well known gull experts in North America, Amar Ayyash. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Home to no fewer than 1,000 species of birds, Valle de Cauca provides attendees with a dizzying array of potential field trip options that include sites on the eastern slope of the central Andes, both slopes of the western Andes, and throughout the Cauca River valley. www.aba.org/the-colombia...

Baobabs are simply awesome! And one hosted my lifer Meyer’s Parrot in Tarangire National Park 2 weeks ago.

Looks like it’s shaping up to be a Snowy winter…owls already reported from MA, DE, and MD

Just back from a birding safari in northern Tanzania. A sunrise in Tarangiri National Park…awesome. Highly recommend Tanzania Birding & Beyond Safaris!

Just back from Tanzania in time to join the migration to @bsky.app Here’s the rim of Ngorongoro Crater at the start of a wonderful day of #birding