Inside Birding

A bird's habitat is often a signature of its identity. For example, you'll usually find herons near water and you can expect to find meadowlarks in open fields. There are four broad categories of habitat : (1) woodland habitats—coniferous or deciduous trees; (2) aquatic habitats—lakes, ponds, swamps, marshes, oceans, and shorelines; (3) scrub-shrub habitats—short woody plants and ...

Join birding experts Jessie Barry and Chris Wood as they explore the marshes, cypress swamps, and nearby mangroves of Florida's Loxahatchee National Wildlife...
Inside Birding

Learn how habitat can help you identify birds in our Video of the Week. Birding experts Jessie Barry and Chris Wood explore the marshes, swamps, and mangroves of Florida's Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in this episode of our Inside Birding series, designed to help refine your bird ID skills. Why not put it to the test this weekend?
Inside Birding : Habitat Learn how habitat can help you identify birds in our Video of the Week. Birding experts Jessie Barry and Chris Wood explore the marshes, swamps, and mangroves of Florida's Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in this installment of our Inside Birding series, designed to help refine your bird ID skills.

Building Literacy Through Nature Resources
Inside Birding : Color Pattern video explains how you can use color and plumage as a bird ID tool. Activity 4: Focus Bird Download these sample bird group outlines for your students to color in. Lesson 4: Behavior and Habitat : Students discover what makes a bird's habitat (food, water, shelter etc.).
It's a great time to go bird watching, and we're inviting you to come out with us - in our new, free series of Web videos, Inside Birding . Your hosts are Chris Wood and Jessie Barry, two expert birders who work at the Lab, guide birding tours in their spare time, and compete for the Lab in the World Series of Birding (which, by the way ...

Inside Birding Series
Learn from experts and take your birding to the next level.
A successful birder will be able to use habitat as a clue to identifying birds — and also quickly set it aside when necessary.

Bird Nesting Habits by Habitat Type
A complete guide to bird nesting habits by habitat type, covering forest, grassland, wetland, coastal, and urban nests with ID and behavior cues.





Master bird identification by habitat . Learn how to track yard zones, canopy layers, and terrestrial levels to identify birds instantly without color.