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Bird of the Year tour to Texas’ Rio Grande Valley

November 2-6, 2023

Join artist Liz Clayton Fuller and North American Birds and Birding editor Michael Retter for a tour to Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, celebrating our 2023 Bird of the Year—Belted Kingfisher—along with all the extraordinary bird life which makes the RGV such a desirable destination.

Bird of the Year tour to Texas’ Rio Grande ValleyAmerican Birding Association2023-05-15T20:09:38-04:00

Belted Kingfisher, the 2023 ABA Bird of the Year!

In 2023, the ABA honors the Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon, as its Bird of the Year! Bold, resolute, and recognizable along much of the ABA Area’s shorelines, look for Belted Kingfisher content throughout the year in all the ABA’s media.

How to Know the Birds: No. 75, The Other Other Iowa

On the afternoon of my last day in Iowa, my companions kidnapped me and took me to the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge east of Des Moines a little bit. We drove through cornfields to get there. When we got there, there were cornfields on one side of the road. On the other side of the road were...

This Month in Birding – May 2023

Nate Swick2023-05-25T10:36:53-04:00May 25th, 2023|0 Comments

It’s the last Thursday of the month of May and that means it is time to bring on a panel of birding friends to talk about bird news and goings on on the American Birding Podcast. And it’s another excellent panel this month featuring Mollee Brown, Nicole Jackson, and Ryan Mandelbaum...

Halcyon Kingfisher Journeys With Marina Richie

Nate Swick2023-05-25T10:35:48-04:00May 18th, 2023|1 Comment

Despite being such a charismatic bird, there are very few books about our 2023 Bird of the Year Belted Kingfisher, but this week’s guest Marina Richie has written one. Her 2022 title, Halcyon Journey: In Search of the Belted Kingfisher documents the seven years she spent watching a pair of kingfishers near her home...

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