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Fatbirder is the premier birders’ web resource about birds, birding and birdwatching. Whether you are looking for facts about hummingbirds, songbirds, shorebirds or raptors in your backyard or are planning a trip or birding tour anywhere in the world Fatbirder is the site for you.
There are tens of thousands of links on two thousand pages about birding everywhere; a page for every country & state & every bird family.
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Blackcaps Adapting
British and Irish gardens fuel a novel reverse migration for Blackcaps in winter The allure of garden feeders has transformed the biology of a bird that visits Britain and Ireland for the ...moreApril 13th, 2021Virginia Approves Groundbreaking Migratory Bird Protection Regulation
A straightforward process will protect birds as major developments are planned The Cerulean Warbler is among many species better protected thanks to groundbreaking steps taken by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Photo by ...moreMarch 22nd, 2021Hope for House Sparrows
Saturday 20 March is World Sparrow Day and according to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), there are reasons to be hopeful for our House Sparrows. During the last 40 years the ...moreMarch 19th, 2021Why a nature-positive economic system would benefit us all
Integrating nature into business decisions isn’t just good for the environment – it also benefits society and the economy. Here’s why the world should redirect financial flows away from nature destruction and ...moreMarch 18th, 2021
European Breeding Bird Atlas 2
| European Breeding Bird Atlas 2 – Distribution, Abundance and Change | Verena Keller, Sergi Herrando, Petr Voříšek, Martí Rodríguez-Franch, Marina Kipson, Pietro Milanesi, David Martí, Marc Anton, Alena Klvaňová, Mikhail V ...moreApril 3rd, 2021Birds of North America
| The National Audubon Society Book of Birds of North America | National Audubon Society (NAS) | Knopf Publishing Group | 2021 | Hardback | 912 Pages | <5000 Colour Photos | ...moreApril 3rd, 2021A Most Remarkable Creature
| A Most Remarkable Creature – The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Bird of Prey | Jonathan Meiburg | The Bodley Headf | 2021 | Hardback | 400 ...moreApril 3rd, 2021Ageing & Sexing of Migratory East Asian Passerines
| By Gabriel Norevik, Magnus Hellström, Dongping Liu & Bo Petersson | Avium Förlag | 2020 | Hardback | 423 Pages | 1400+ colour photos, b/w illustrations | ISBN: 9789198516579 | £94.99 ...moreApril 3rd, 2021
Global Birding Weekend
Global Birding Weekend SATURDAY 8 MAY 2021 TEAM & INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! WORLD RECORD BREAKERS FOR 2020 CAN YOU HELP BREAK ANOTHER RECORD? 7120 SPECIES RECORDED FOR ONE DAY BREAKING THE ...moreMarch 18th, 2021The Latest Grumpy Old Birder Article No. 141 - The Big Tissue
The latest Grumpy Old Birder Article is now on line as well as on page 19 of the March 2021 edition of Birdwatching Magazine (UK) Read it HEREMarch 3rd, 2021
Destinations
After much of 2020 has been in ‘lockdown’ and world travel for pleasure greatly reduced – most birders who would normally have travelled to see new birds around the world have been ...moreNovember 25th, 2020Birding the USA
Birding the USA By Chris Lotz, Birding Ecotours I thought of asking our American office manager Jacob to write this article, but after some deliberation decided it would actually be better for ...moreApril 6th, 2021Jamaica - Caribbean Endemic Heaven
World Record Birding at Green Castle Estate, Jamaica The numbers are impressive but cannot do justice to the colourful and unusual nature of Jamaica’s birds. Which is why they have to be ...moreFebruary 4th, 2021