2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (697+ words) Birding is growing in popularity across Georgia, where backyards, parks and green spaces offer opportunities to spot everything from soaring raptors to colorful song birds. “There are so many things to love about birding,” Brooke Michael, communications coordinator at Birds…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (668+ words) Atlanta’s largest association of birding enthusiasts enters its second century It wouldn’t be the last time he would weigh daily responsibilities against the urge to chase a bird. The executive director of Birds Georgia, Betuel has more than 2,600 species on…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (474+ words) As spring nears and the weather warms, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is reminding Georgians that clean bird feeders mean fewer health risks for birds During spring and summer, sick birds are occasionally reported in backyards across the state....

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (554+ words) School of Biological Sciences Assistant Professor Benjamin Freeman has been named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Regarded as one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early-career scholars, the Fellowship recognizes researchers “whose creativity,…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (322+ words) ONGOING COVERAGE Winter Storm Fern >> Birds Georgia will celebrate its 100th anniversary of bird conservation efforts in 2026 with a yearlong series of events and programs throughout the state. Among the plans the organization announced include guided birding trips, habitat restoration workdays,…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (270+ words) On Dec. 18, a group of preservationists released groups of previously endangered woodpeckers to their new home in South Georgia. The red-cockaded woodpecker, or RCW for short, is a small, black-and-white bird that primarily lived in Georgia’s longleaf pine savannas, which…...