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Listen In on the Distinctive Voices of Owls Biology, Songs & Calls, Sounds & Songs
Avian Influenza Outbreak: Should You Take Down Your Bird Feeders? Biology, Disease, News, News & Features
Living Bird Magazine Living Bird Autumn 2025—Table of Contents News, News & Features, Science & Conservation
eBird eBird Soars Over 2 Billion Bird Sightings News, News & Features
Annual Report 2025 News, News & Features
Craig Benkman’s 40-Year Fascination With Crossbills and Conifers Anatomy, Behavior, Biology, Evolution, News & Features, Science & Conservation, Songs & Calls
The Rise of Easy-Does-It Birding Bird Watching, News & Features
In South America, Bird Migration Is Slow and Steady News & Features, Science & Conservation
In Africa, Nesting Superb Starlings Get Help From Family Friends Behavior, Biology, Nesting & Breeding, News & Features, Science & Conservation
In Conservation Sweet Spots, Protecting Birds Helps People and Climate News, News & Features
View from Sapsucker Woods: Turning Disruption into Opportunity News, News & Features
In Memoriam: Emma Ileana Greig, 1981–2024 News, News & Features
Gallery: Coveting the Cormorant Art, News & Features
Backyard Birds Revealed Puts America’s Favorite Birds in the Spotlight Behavior, Biology, Bird Watching, News & Features, Photography, Science & Conservation
Following Whooping Cranes by Plane Along the “Whooper Highway” Biology, Conservation, Migration, News & Features, Science & Conservation

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Living Bird Autumn 2025—Table of Contents

Featured Articles

Following Whooping Cranes by Plane Along the “Whooper Highway”
The survival of the world’s only self-sustaining flock of migrating Whooping Cranes depends on a perilous 2,500-mile journey—twice a year. Photographer Michael Forsberg wants to show people what that migration is like.
By Greg Breining; Photography Courtesy of Michael Forsberg
Backyard Birds Revealed Puts America’s Favorite Birds in the Spotlight
A father-and-son wildlife photography team turned their cameras on the birds around their Massachusetts home. The result: an up-close, super slow-motion look at the amazing aerial feats of these beloved birds.
Story and images by Tim and Russell Laman
Craig Benkman’s 40-Year Fascination With Crossbills and Conifers
In a recent book, Benkman reflects on his research career studying the evolutionary interplay between crossbills and the cone-bearing trees where they feed.
By Benjamin Hack
In Africa, Nesting Superb Starlings Get Help From Family Friends
On the savannah, these glossy songbirds sometimes pitch in to raise young—even if they’re not related to them.
By Angelina Tang
The Rise of Easy-Does-It Birding
Birding can be a joyful pastime at every stage of life. There’s no need to stop with age or a change in mobility—an “easy does it” approach to strategy and mindset can make a world of difference.
By Bryony Angell
Annual Report 2025

Columns & Departments

View from Sapsucker Woods: Turning Disruption into OpportunityBy Ian Owens
In Memoriam: Emma Ileana Greig, 1981–2024By Stephen Pruett-Jones, Michael S. Webster, and David N. Bonter
In Conservation Sweet Spots, Protecting Birds Helps People and ClimateBy Spoorthy Raman
eBird Soars Over 2 Billion Bird SightingsBy Angelina Tang
In South America, Bird Migration Is Slow and SteadyBy Angelina Tang
Birdword: An Illustrated Guide to Some Tongue-Twisting Ornithological TermsBy Rosemary Mosco
Gallery: Coveting the CormorantArtwork by Robert David Atkinson; Text by Marc Devokaitis