This holiday season, dozens of Manatee County bird lovers teamed up with a simple goal: to count as many birds as they could in one day around Bradenton. The annual outing is part of the National ...

MEDORA, N.D. — Every year, birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts around the country volunteer to help identify and count birds. This weekend, they are invited to join the official Audubon Christmas Bird ...

PETOSKEY — Petoskey’s annual Christmas Bird Count took place on Sunday, Dec. 14. This year, volunteers conducted the count from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in a 7.5-mile radius with the center point at the ...

From raptors and waterfowl, to songbirds and corvids, Loveland’s trees, parks and reservoirs are home to a wide variety of feathered residents. To catalog them, local birdwatchers of all skill levels ...

Just after 3 a.m., Aaron Given goes looking for owls in the dark. The quiet ritual marks the start of the Sea Islands Christmas Bird Count, a survey he began 15 years ago after realizing the region ...

Backyard birding can be a wonderful winter pastime, but it’s important to do it safely — for your sake and the birds’. Jillian Kilborn is particularly excited to put up her bird feeders this year.

FIFIELD — Winter has not only arrived but has had spurts of polar vortexes. We experienced this cold weather Dec. 14, during our 60th annual Fifield-Park Falls Audubon Christmas Bird Count, started in ...

Benny Rivero scanned a tangle of underbrush at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, looking for a fluttering movement or a flash of color. “There,” he said, pointing to a small slate-colored bird with a pale ...

In the winter, when food from plants and insects is scarce, non-migratory birds are more reliant on bird feeders than in other seasons, especially when the ground is covered with snow. Keeping bird ...

The Audubon Christmas Bird Count is about participating in and paying attention to nature. Long before technology became the primary means of measuring bird populations, a handful of ...

Dozens of volunteers are set to grab their binoculars and head out Saturday for Greeley’s 51st annual National Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Volunteers are slated to canvass a 15-mile diameter ...