Bald Eagle sitting on the top of Susan’s backyard pine tree. Early one morning, as I waited for my dog Stella to do her ...

What is that bird? There are some members of the Sierra Foothills Audubon Society that can identify more than 500 different species of birds. I can usually identify about 50 or so. The nice thing is ...

In between snowstorms lately, we’ve been able to enjoy the sounds of spring as our feathered friends wing north again for summer. Everyone knows the sound of a Canada goose honking and probably a ...

I’m not a bird watcher, but I’ve become a bird listener ever since downloading a bionic ear app to my phone. It lets me enter a different world, one where I’m surrounded not just by chirping but by ...

I first discovered Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab of Ornithology earlier this summer, when I was trying to figure out the identity of a particular bird of prey in my neighborhood. After looking at a ...