Birding Tips and Equipment

25 Tips for Bird Photographers
Take these tips from experienced bird photographers to create even better wild bird photos.

25 Tips to Better Birding
Experts offer practical advice to find, identify and photograph wild birds.

Bird Gardening for Beginners
Two experts offer eight strategies to lure avian visitors.

Cats Belong Indoors
No more part of our natural ecosystem than cows or dogs, cats deserve safe, healthy, indoor lives.

Create Local Birding Attractions
Native plants pull birds into your yard.

Digiscoping: Another Way to Photograph Birds
Eight practitioners give tips for digiscoping beginners.

Do Your Home's Windows Kill Birds?
Collisions with windows stun and kill many birds every year, but we can change that.

Hopper Bird Feeders
Depending on the type of bird seed you provide, hopper feeders can work for both small and large wild birds.

Older Birding Equipment Gets More Use Abroad
Birder's Exchange gives donated optics and gear to scientists south of North America.

Optical Terms for Birders
Check out these definitions of common optical terms for binoculars and spotting scopes.

Relinquish Control for Stress-free Bird Feeding
In 'Good Birders Don’t Wear White' (Houghton Mifflin, 2007), readers will find short essays from birders around the country. Here, Michael O’Connor’s humorous essay offers a sneak peek into the book’s delights.

Technology as a Search Tool in Arkansas Swamps
An inside source describes the techniques used to search for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers.

The Story Behind Bird Seeds
Round out your birdfeeding knowledge with the history of Nyjer and black-oil sunflower seed.

Tips to Increase Your Birding Success
Use this expert advice to improve your bird I.D. skills.