Thanks to the free Merlin Bird ID app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, you'll never have to guess at the source of a birdsong again. With a groundbreaking new update, you can now identify a bird ...

I was recently creeping through a clearing of downed trees in a wooded Brooklyn park with my iPhone in hand. Birds were singing everywhere, but through the din, I was recording a peculiar song: It was ...

As a newcomer, should you first learn by looking for birds or listening for them? "You can choose which aspects of observing birds brings you the most joy," says Ken Elkins, community conservation ...

Spring is the time to tune your ears to melodies and call notes of songbirds, as males sing their hearts out during spring breeding season. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology released the Merlin app in ...

LINDSEY – As the Biggest Week in American Birding winds down, a number of mobile apps can help the public continue the birding adventure. Deb Nofzinger, a naturalist with the Sandusky County Park ...

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds — one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies — is a joy like no other. It’s not surprising that bird-watching has become an increasingly popular hobby. A ...

It takes a carefully trained ear to identify bird calls. Earlier this year, scientists at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University published a set of annotated birdsong recordings ...

"Conk-la-reeee," "teacher, teacher" and "Old Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody" − these are ways we humans have ascribed words to identify birds by their call, but it is getting even easier thanks to ...

Turn your smartphone into your best and most-used birding resource with these handy apps. Our favorite bird identification apps are easy to use, and they’ll help you get the most out of every ...

We become desensitized to the common sounds around us—car alarms, chattering squirrels, the mechanical functions of modern living kicking on and off throughout the day. If you had asked me a week ago ...

Although many people enjoy tracking which types of birds come through their backyards, they can't be watching their yards all the time. Terra is designed to help, by continuously identifying birds via ...

While spring and summer are the prime seasons for bird watching, our winged friends are everywhere all the time, and they often switch out with the seasons, especially during peak migration. The best ...