Why do birders wear those geeky-looking vests? Well, it's not because they have terrible fashion sense; there are actually very practical reasons for wearing them. In this article, I will explain the...

When taking bird photography, we are always trying to get as close as we can; we want to fill the frame with that bird. Buying a lens with a long zoom length is the best way to do this but not the...

Bird photo by Kathie Thomas. Australia is home to around 936 species of birds and many of them occur nowhere else in the world. There is one place in Australia where you have the opportunity to...

Ospreys are a bird that is perfectly designed for catching their preferred prey. They are the only raptors that plunge dive, and they have spiny pads on their feet, double-jointed toes, and huge...

How do you find out what birds are in your area? In this article, I'm going to present one of the quickest and easiest. I use this method almost every day to find birds in my area and it can be done...

Bird watching carries a certain stigma; it's often thought of as being creepy or nerdy or as an activity reserved for old boring people. All of this could not be further from the truth. In this...