Letter From the Editor

Group of young adults looking up with binoculars, standing in a street in a suburban location.
The Long View
December 13, 2024 — Pull back to look at the big picture, and you may glean valuable insights.
Donna Posont sits at a table holding tweezers with a log in front of her.
Driving Forces
September 22, 2024 — With creativity and determination, people featured in our pages lean into sharing the things they love.
Covers of Bird Lore and ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ collaged in an aesthetically pleasing manner.
A Sense of Purpose
July 19, 2024 — The ideas that have energized this magazine for more than a century still animate its pages.
A massive beaver lodge at the edge of a foggy pond.
Life Support
March 26, 2024 — We’ve constructed a world that caters to humans. There’s still time to learn how to share it.
A researcher holds a gray bird and attaches a geotag to its back.
An Unwavering Focus
December 04, 2023 — Birds and the scientists striving to protect them are tenacious.
Close up of a condor chick with wrinkly, bald, pink head and neck and a fluffy, gray, downy body, sitting in a wooden enclosure with a feather on the floor in the foreground.
Mixed Emotions
October 03, 2023 — Giving birds the best chance requires dedication—and a dose of resilience.
Let’s Be Real
July 11, 2023 — Not only do the best visuals look impressive; they also reflect what’s true.
Doka Nason sits beaming, surrounded by green foliage, with a trail camera displaying a photo of a rust- and black-colored bird.
Lost and Found
March 31, 2023 — Going in search of unfamiliar birds can be thrilling, but so can discovering the ones there all along.
Five bright pink Roseate Spoonbills fly across the sky.
A Familiar Ring
December 16, 2022 — Even though the themes we explore don’t always change, through our reporting we can see forward movement.
Logs pile up on the ground next to the trees that were cut down in the middle of a forest.
Seeing the Birds for the Forest
September 21, 2022 — Magazines face unprecedented challenges just getting to press, but we have our eye on the long game.