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The Best Affordable Compact Binoculars (8x32): Our Review

The Cornell Lab Review: Affordable Full-Size 8x42 Binoculars 

Binoculars and Beyond: Nine Tips for Beginning Birdwatchers

How To Choose Binoculars: Our Testing Tips

Field of View Is Important in Birdwatching Binoculars. Here's Why

How Intelligent Are Birds? Two Books Tackle the Subject

Macaulay Library New Documentary Is A Wake-Up Call About The Tidal Wave Of Extinctions

Poached: A Film About Eggs and Obsession—Our Review

The Messenger: Our Movie Review

Coffee-Table Book Features Gorgeous Photos and Essays From Kingsolver, Diamond, and Others

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America, by Guy Baldassarre

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey, by Deborah Cramer

K–12 Education Top 10 Apps for Birding with Kids

5 Great Features of the Warbler Guide App That Won't Fit in Any Book

Emptying the Skies: Q&A With Directors of Film on Songbird Hunting

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Passenger Pigeon, by Errol Fuller

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Welcome to Subirdia, by John Marzluff

A Falconer Reviews Helen Macdonald’s Acclaimed Bestseller, H Is for Hawk

Pelican Dreams: The Cornell Lab Movie Review

Living Bird Magazine Zeiss Victory SF 8x42 Binoculars: Our Review

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Looking for the Goshawk, by Conor Mark Jameson

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: H Is For Hawk, by Helen Macdonald

It's Here: Free Merlin Bird ID App Now Available for Android

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition, by David A. Sibley

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology Since Darwin, by Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, and Bob Montgomerie

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Homing Instinct, by Bernd Heinrich

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Devil's Cormorant, by Rich King

A Birder’s Guide to Everything: Our Movie Review

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Warbler Guide, by Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Birds and People, by Mark Cocker

K–12 Education How to Choose a Field Guide for Kids

Our Review: Best iPhone Apps for Learning Bird Songs

Living Bird Magazine Choosing Binoculars: Price vs. Quality Index

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Drawn From Paradise, by David Attenborough and Errol Fuller

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Birds of Paradise, by Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes

Living Bird Magazine Best Binoculars: The Cornell Lab Review 2013

Living Bird Magazine Finding the Best Binoculars for Birding

Project FeederWatch Backyard Bird Feeding Resources

Review: New Warbler Guide Practically Sings With Information, Innovation

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Crossley ID Guide: Raptors, by Richard Crossley, Jerry Ligouri, and Brian Sullivan

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Imperial Dreams, by Tim Gallagher

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds, by John Muir Laws

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Unfeathered Bird, by Katrina von Grouw

Sharpen Up Your Sharpie ID With New Crossley Raptor Guide

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Nature's Compass, by James L. Gould and Carol Grant Gould

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Gifts of the Crow, by John Marzluff and Tony Angell

Birds-of-Paradise Project Lecture and New Book Chronicle Epic Quest for Birds-of-Paradise

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Jewel Hunter, by Chris Gooddie

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Bird Sense, by Tim Birkhead

New Swarovski Spotting Scopes Innovate for Birders and Digiscopers

Living Bird Magazine Meopta MeoStar S2 82 HD Spotting Scope and iScoping Adapter: Our Review

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Petrels, Albatrosses & Storm-Petrels of North America by Steve Howell

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: In the Field, Among the Feathered by Thomas R. Dunlap

Birders: The Central Park Effect

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Bluebird Effect, by Julie Zickefoose

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Atlas of Rare Birds, by Dominic Couzens

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: On Rare Birds, by Anita Albus

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Feathers, by Thor Hanson

Celebrate Urban Birds Eleven Great Reads for Birding in the City

New book Science on Ice offers penguins and more [video]

Cornell Artist's "Lost Bird Project" Comes to the Screen

The Big Year: A College Student's Review

Birds, Birders, and Birding in The Big Year: What We Noticed

The Big Year: Our Movie Review

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Hawks at a Distance: Identification of Migrant Raptors, by Jerry Liguori

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds, by Richard Crossley

Birds on Film: 10 Must-See Video Moments

10 Great Books on Birds: A Big Year Reading List

Living Bird Magazine Book Reviews: Bird Coloration, by Geoffrey E. Hill

Living Bird Magazine Book Reviews: Dog Days, Raven Nights, by John and Colleen Marzluff

Living Bird Magazine Vortex Razor HD 8x42 Binoculars: Our Review

Living Bird Magazine Vanguard Endeavor ED 10.5x45 Binoculars: Our Review

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation, by Daniel Lebbin, Michael Parr, and George Fenwick

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Ghost Birds, by Stephen Lyn Bales

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds, and the Invention of Monogamy, by Bernd Heinrich

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Inner Bird: Anatomy and Evolution, by Gary Kaiser

Bird Songs Bible: A book that sings to you

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Birdology, by Sy Montgomery

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo, by Michael McCarthy

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Bird Songs Bible, Edited by Les Beletsky

Living Bird Magazine Merrell Moab Mid Gore-Tex XCR Men's Hiking Boots: Our Review

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Private Lives of Birds, by Bridget Stutchbury

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: A Year on the Wing, by Tim Dee

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Bird, by Colin Tudge

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Life List, by Olivia Gentile

Living Bird Magazine Vortex Razor 20–60x85HD Spotting Scope: Our Review

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Bird Catcher, by Laura Jacobs

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Puget Sound Through an Artist's Eye, by Tony Angell

Living Bird Magazine Birding Products: Meopta Meostar B1 32 Series 8x32 Binoculars: Our Review

eBird New eBird/iPhone app puts local knowledge in your pocket

Introducing the Bird Watching Answer Book

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Prairie Spring, by Pete Dunne

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Lars Jonsson's Birds: Paintings from a Near Horizon

Living Bird Magazine Leica Televid APO 82mm Scope: Our Review

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson, by Elizabeth J. Rosenthal

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology, by Bernd Heinrich

Living Bird Magazine Nikon EDG 10x42 Binoculars: Our Review

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Egg and Nest, by Rosamund Purcell

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Humans, Nature, and Birds, by Darryl Wheye

Living Bird Magazine Borg 77ED II Telescope for Bird Photography: Our Review

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: The Stork's Nest, by Laura Lynne Williams

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Peregrine Quest, by Clayton White

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Superdove: How the Pigeon Took Manhattan...and the World

Living Bird Magazine The Backyard Birdsong Guide: Our Review

Living Bird Magazine Opposable Chums: Guts & Glory at the World Series of Birding—Our Review

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Return to Warden's Grove, by Christopher Norment

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: A Supremely Bad Idea, by Luke Dempsey

Living Bird Magazine Steiner Peregrine XP 8x44 Binoculars: Our Review

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Falcon Fever, by Tim Gallagher

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die, by Chris Santella

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Good Birders Don't Wear White, by Lisa White

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: A Summer of Birds, by Danny Heitman

Living Bird Magazine BirdCam by Wingscapes

Living Bird Magazine Scope Quest 2008: Our Review of Spotting Scopes

Living Bird Magazine Book Review: Of a Feather, by Scott Weidensaul

Living Bird Magazine The Life of the Skies, by Jonathan Rosen

How to Choose a Spotting Scope