Archive - This Week in Birding

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 •

TWiB Notes: A goose at Wrigley, first plovers, lakefront tour, and a tasty ale

Plovers in Ontario, Michigan, and Chicago are a welcome surprise.

Apr 14 •

Great expectations: Piping Plovers stir high hopes

The Great Lakes Piping Plover preview edition.

Apr 7 •

Happy April Fools' Day

A reminder that today is a day when we celebrate pranks, tall tales, and practical jokes.

Apr 1 •

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