Heard a chirp or spotted a flutter? These free apps identify backyard birds by sight or sound — no binoculars or in-depth bird knowledge required.

Ready to learn about bird-watching for beginners? Grab binoculars and a field guide, connect with other birders, then go see more species.

Birding is a popular pastime for people of all ages. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, more than 45 million people enjoy watching birds. It’s a hobby you can pick up at any time, it’s ...

Next to insects, birds sadly seem to get short shrift from humans. We remain powerfully drawn to scenes of lions hunting in the Kalahari desert or rhinos jousting in eastern India, but remain mostly ...

Every feature addition that Google makes to Android and its other products always seems to funnel me back to the company’s original purpose: search. As its name suggests, Circle to Search is one very ...

One of the simplest ways to slow down is to stop, smell the roses and listen to the birds. However, it seems people are starting to do more than just listen to them. The hobby of bird watching might ...

A painted bunting sports a jaw-dropping rainbow of colors. Learn what the male and female looks like, what the bird eats and ...

Birdwatching is often a thankless task, considering that there are estimated to be over 10,000 species of birds in the world, none of which stay in one position for very long. So unless you've ...

Participating in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count is easy, fun to do, and can be done anywhere you find birds.

I’ve been living in my house on the hill — above the meadow — for almost 20 years and ever since the day that I moved in I have been feeding the birds. It started small, as these things tend to do, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We all have been there. You see a bird, but you don't know its name. You then take a picture or maybe record a video to ask your ...