Here’s your chance to enhance your “birdtography” (bird photography) with Bird Watcher’s Digest’s production director and contributing photographer, Bruce Wunderlich! This Reader Rendezvous will take place on Bruce’s home turf, Marietta, Ohio, which also happens to be the birthplace and world headquarters of Bird Watcher’s Digest. Since we will be right in our hometown, you will get to meet and go birding with several BWD staff members as well!

What bird is that? Consult our bird identification guide to ID mystery birds in the backyard and beyond. We have photos, song recordings, in-depth entries, and more to help bird watchers correctly identify the birds they spot.

How do you make your international birding trip a success? Retired adventure travel agent Marci Madsen Fuller tells you how.

It's not uncommon this time of year to hear this cry for help after an unsuspecting birder opens a door to startle an unsuspecting bird that accidentally flies in the wrong direction—right into the house! Here are a few tips on what to do—and what not to do—to help the bird safely find its way back out.  

Why become a birder? Young birders Corey Husic and Blake Campbell will give you ten reasons to try out this great hobby.