Bird Watcher's Digest January/February 2012

Features

• Our Cover Species: Short-eared Owl by Howard Youth
• ID Yourself: Owls in Black and White by Alvaro Jaramillo
• The New Standard: 8x42 Midpriced Binoculars by Michael and Diane Porter
• Louisiana: We're Still Here! by Bill Fontenot
• The Fabulous Birds by William B. Hughes
• Field Guide App Roundup by Mark Hedden
• The Wonder of Western Grebes by Donna Ikenberry

Columns & Departments

• Letters from Readers
• Quick Takes by Paul J. Baicich
• After the Spark: Pokagon by Kenn Kaufman
• True Nature: Winter Birding:Dead—Until It's Not by Julie Zickefoose
• Far Afield: Birding Guadalupe Mountains National Park by Stephen Lorenz
• Book Notes
• Well-Equipped Birder: eBird Brian L. Sullivan, Marshall J. Iliff, and Christopher L. Wood

The Backyard

• Window on My Backyard by Bill Thompson, III
• A Green-railed Towelry by Al Batt
• My Way: Supplying Skulkers and Wallflowers by Jim Cirigliano
• The Bird Watcher's Question Box by Kevin J. Cook
• Watching Bird Behavior: The Impact of Impacts by David M. Bird