In between snowstorms lately, we’ve been able to enjoy the sounds of spring as our feathered friends wing north again for summer. Everyone knows the sound of a Canada goose honking and probably a ...

Back in the day, we did not have an app that could tell us what birds we were hearing. Now we have Merlin from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Press “record” on this free app, and it listens to ...

Developed by Wildlife Acoustics in collaboration with world renowned bird expert and illustrator David Sibley, Song Sleuth is a simple to use application that enables anyone with an iOS device to ...

I never expected that an app for identifying birds would help me with mindfulness more than my meditation apps.

Impress your friends and learn how to identify birds by their calls with one of the best bird song identification apps — suitable for all age ranges. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Other than cars, the thing I hear most often at home is birds. I live in Southern California, in a relatively suburban neighborhood, outside of an even more metropolitan downtown. I don’t get the ...

I’m not a bird watcher, but I’ve become a bird listener ever since downloading a bionic ear app to my phone. It lets me enter a different world, one where I’m surrounded not just by chirping but by ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A bird watching app is suddenly popular ...

Each spring I wake to the sound of a bird purring in my neighbor’s trees. Now, I know birds don’t purr, but that's the best word I could come up with to describe the sound. It wasn’t chirping. It didn ...

If you’ve ever heard a bird sing and wondered how you could possibly figure out what type of bird it could be without laboriously searching through recordings, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology now has ...

LINDSEY – As the Biggest Week in American Birding winds down, a number of mobile apps can help the public continue the birding adventure. Deb Nofzinger, a naturalist with the Sandusky County Park ...

In between snowstorms lately, we’ve been able to enjoy the sounds of spring as our feathered friends wing north again for summer. Everyone knows the sound of a Canada goose honking and probably a ...