July 10, 2024

Amy Tan’s ‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles’ Takes a Novel Approach to Bird-Watching

In her most recent book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” the best-selling author revels in a newfound preoccupation with birds — and drawing. To them, she isn’t […]
February 19, 2024

‘Las aves son mi vista’

Una mañana cualquiera, Susan Glass puede sentarse en el patio de su complejo de apartamentos en Saratoga, California, e identificar de oído hasta 15 especies distintas […]
August 3, 2023

‘Birds Are My Eyesight’

On an average morning, Susan Glass can sit on the patio at her condominium complex in Saratoga, Calif., and identify as many as 15 different bird […]
July 21, 2023

How Sketching Birds Changes the Way You See Them

Throughout the summer birding project, we have been encouraging new birders to try different ways to observe birds. Sketching is one way to deepen your observation […]
May 31, 2023

How to Coexist With The Animals in Your Garden

There’s a multicultural world outdoors — and even the gentlest gardeners often disrupt it. Here’s how to avoid that. Spring unfolds each year in color, yes, […]
December 19, 2022

Day 19: A Bird Watcher Looks Back on Christmases Past

On Dec. 19, 2019, I led my last Clemson, S.C., Christmas Bird Count. For almost 30 years, I’d been the compiler, the person responsible for organizing […]
December 14, 2022

After a Frantic Year, It’s Time for ‘Slow Birding’

A new book borrows from the slow food movement to propose a more thoughtful, less competitive form of bird-watching. The feeders are filled and hung; the […]
October 28, 2022

The TikTok Emu Was Just Stressed

The week’s second-biggest online bird drama. It appears TikTok’s favorite emu, Emmanuel Todd Lopez, is going to be OK after his farm’s recent brush with avian […]
August 2, 2022

The Outdoor Cat: Neighborhood Mascot or Menace?

Zeke, a white and gray short-haired cat with a penchant for taking down rats, is known in his Boston neighborhood as a fearless prowler. Once, a […]
April 6, 2022

Why ‘Birding With a Purpose’ Is What You Should Do This Spring

Every 20 years, New York collects vital information about birds. And gardeners have an important role to play. I am chasing weeds, crawling around in the […]