I never paid much notice to the birds until I had kids. With the exception of the brightly-colored cardinals and blue jays, they all looked alike, and I didn’t see any reason to worry about who was ...

If you want to find an outdoor screen-free family activity, consider birdwatching for kids. It's an easy, low-cost way to spark curiosity about the natural world, and it's something you can do whether ...

If you're trying to pry your kid away from an iPod, a Hannah Montana video or Webkinz, why not go outside and find birds? That's what veteran bird-watcher Bill Thompson III, who wrote The Young Birder ...

More and more kids are getting into bird and nature watching, a hobby that's been practiced mostly by older adults. Getting out in nature and looking for birds has long been a popular pastime, mainly ...

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Bird migration represents one of nature’s most remarkable phenomena, where millions of feathered travelers navigate thousands of miles using nothing but instinct and celestial navigation. This aerial ...

Here’s big news: Bird watching makes you happy. I mean happier than you would be were you not watching birds. Recent scientific studies have shown this to be true. A decade ago, similar studies showed ...

Sophia Haakman says she's been birding "more than half of my life." That's saying something, considering she's only 15 and became interested in birds around age 7. "I read a field guide, and I was, ...