Homes & Gardens This field guide finally gives Northwest birds the razzing they so richly deserve Updated: Mar. 11, 2025, 8:27 p.m. | Published: Mar. 11, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

Your guide to regional field guides for spring 2023 From birds and insects to fungi and flowers, here are nine guides to regional flora and fauna By Lynn Love Updated April 14, 2023 9:37 a.m.

A field guide, a pair of binoculars and Merlin — the ultimate free smartphone app for bird identification — is all you need to start birding.

First published in 1934, the field guide made it possible for professionals and amateurs to study birds without shooting them, which had been the previous practice. Mr.

Apps that help you identify birds and record them in your area include eBird, Merlin and others. You may want a field guide, too. A good pair of binoculars doesn't have to cost a lot.

A Field Guide: Once you’ve been bitten by the birding bug, you and your children will find yourselves looking up and identifying every bird you see.

His favorite guide is the second edition of “ Sibley’s Birds East,” while others prefer the “ Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America,” seventh edition.

Get yourself a copy of “The Sibley Guide to Birds: Second Edition,” which brims with wonderful drawings as well as quick reference guides for how to examine field marks and body types.

Their 500-page book, “Birds of Inyo County, California, including Death Valley National Park,” is expected to be published later this summer by the donor-funded nonprofit Western Field ...

Kracht will discuss all three books and sign copies during his visit from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St. Odyssey Bookshop will be on site with copies of ...

In Iowa, 212 bird species nest throughout the state during nesting season. Nesting season is a great opportunity for first-time birdwatchers to make observations and start identifying species ...