Archive - This Week in Birding

Watch The Best-Known Grouse of the Western States

A documentary short on an iconic Midwestern species.

Aug 18 •

July 2025

These Boomers are more than okay

Searching for prairie chickens...in Schaumburg.

Jul 28 •

Young falcon is a surprising visitor

Just in time for a bird-focused exhibition.

Jul 7 •

June 2025

'A healthy interest in outdoor recreation and study'

Forest and Stream reflected a time when there were fewer barriers among nature lovers; a bird-focused exhibition opens this Friday

Jun 16 •

'A blessing or a nuisance?'

Everyone's had an opinion about the polarizing English Sparrow.

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Birding legends took on the House Sparrow

The first order of business for a pre-eminent ornithology organization: dealing with a most persistent opponent.

May 26 •

Sea Rocket makes a landing

Plovers now paired again in Chicago and Waukegan.

May 19 •

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A different kind of bird guide

Angelia Kumlien Main carved her own path with the charming Bird Companions.

May 12 •

Chicago's lakefront: Forever open, clear and free?

It hasn't always been the case, but a conservation group launches an effort to protect this precious green space.

May 5 •

Piping Plover site has personal meaning

Mikayla Erickson is working to make Wisconsin Point a future breeding locale.

May 2 •

April 2025

For peat's sake: where 36 warblers are headed

Many are en route to the untouched reaches of Canada's Boreal Forest, North America's Bird Nursery.

Apr 28 •

Dispatch from a brackish pond

Also, more on the early return of Pippin the Piping Plover—and now Imani.

Apr 21 •

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