Welcome to Birding Online! Here, all ABA members can access the extended online content from the March 2021 issue of Birding magazine. The complete issue, containing both print and online content, can be found here:

aba.org/birding-magazine-march-2021

First and foremost, the ABA would like to thank the many donors who supported our work in 2020. As we have said many a time, the pandemic greatly reduced our revenue from advertisements and events. Our donors helped us ride that financial wave and continue producing the resources that you know and love: Birding, North American Birds, the American Birding Podcast, the ABA Virtual Bird Clubs, and more. Thank you! You will find our Donor Wall on page 6. You can also click here to read March’s “Birding Together,” which is a thank you note that comes from all of the core ABA staff.

ON THE COVER: “Timberline” Brewer’s Sparrow. Photo by © Cameron Eckert.

This issue’s cover is graced by the elusive Timberline Sparrow. This little-studied sparrow might be its own species, but for now, the American Ornithological Society recognizes it as a subspecies of the Brewer’s Sparrow. The Timberline Sparrow provides scientists with more questions than answers, mostly due to its remote habitat in Alaska. Claire Stuyck, one member of a research team that struck out to find these little birds last summer, tells the tale in a feature article and a photo salon. Click here to go to the feature article, and here to go to the beautiful salon.