Backyard Chirper

Man Reaches 9,000 Bird Species on Life List

If you’re like the casual birder, you probably have a couple dozen species on your life list—maybe even more than a 100 if you’ve been at it long enough. Well,…

How Birds Keep Cool in Extreme Temperatures

Last week, I gave out some tips for helping birds stay cool in heat waves, but for all those unfortunate wild birds that don’t have awesome people providing water and…

How to Help Backyard Birds Beat the Heat

July is a hot month unless you were living in some icy pocket of the country (in which case, tell me where), you felt it. And temperatures in August, especially…

Bird-Safe Skies Depend on Smart Designs

New Bird Species Discovered in Peru