If you’ve ever heard a bird and wondered what it was, the free Merlin Bird ID app for iPhone offers one of the easiest ways ...

In Iowa, 212 bird species nest throughout the state during nesting season. Nesting season is a great opportunity for first-time birdwatchers to make observations and start identifying species. Expert ...

Birding season has arrived, bringing with it many birds we have yet to identify. Birding apps are the solution, whether you’re hearing an unfamiliar bird call or seeing a species you haven’t ...

As spring arrives, use these apps and other tools to identify birds, trees and plants in your backyard and on local trails.

I’ve become The Bird Guy to my friends and family. When they see a bird they don’t recognize, I’m asked to identify it with nothing more than a blurry photo. When the algorithms feed them bird-related ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." Identifying a bird ...

So you think you’ve sighted a rare bird. The color pattern is so unusual. You consult multiple field guides before discovering that the sighting is actually a common bird, though an immature one that ...

Learn what a hermit thrush looks like and where to find one. Also find out what the bird's song sounds like and what the bird ...

Watching a backyard bird feeder can be more enjoyable if you have some basic skills for bird identification. It gets a little overwhelming trying to find a species in a field guide which is jammed ...