Birding

Winging It

North American Birds

Bird's-Eye View

Birdfinding Guides

PUBLICATIONS

Most birders know the American Birding Association through its impressive portfolio of publications.

Birding, the ABA's 35-year-old, bimonthly flagship publication has evolved from an 8-page mimeographed newsletter to a full-color, award-winning magazine. Birding's editor, Ted Floyd, plans each issue far in advance and, with the help of expert department editors and technical reviewers, refines each article and review, to ensure accuracy of content and stylistic polish. Each issue of Birding features broad coverage of various aspects of bird identification and birdfinding and a unique, unifying thematic concept. The magazine also presents expert media reviews and keeps readers on their toes with its photo quiz.

North American Birds is the ABA's quarterly journal of ornithological record, available by separate subscription. NAB editor Ned Brinkley and a diligent network of over 70 regional editors provide a complete seasonal overview of the changing panorama of North America's birdlife, including outstanding records, range extensions and contractions, population dynamics, and changes in migration patterns. NAB provides indispensable information for the serious birder.

Since 1989, ABA members have also received a newsletter, Winging It, which keeps readers informed about current birding events, good birding sites, and outstanding records. Winging It depends on ABA members to supply a steady flow of birdfinding articles and inserts and thoughtful letters to the editor, Bill Maynard. Members may place free, non-business-related classified ads; business classifieds, available to members, are widely considered the most timely and productive means of reaching the active, committed birding community. They are a bargain at the current rate of $50 per insertion.

A Bird's-Eye View, the ABA's bimonthly newsletter written by and for our younger members, contains articles about personal birding experience, identification and optics tips, reviews of books, and much more material of particular relevance to its readership. Editorial advisor Jen Brumfield helps the ABA's student editors and contributors to maintain a useful and interesting mix of features.

Other publications include bird checklists and the annual Big Day Report and List Report as a supplement to Birding. This publication showcases our members' birding achievements via a collection of anecdotal, one-day birding adventures and species list totals from the previous year.

The ABA publishes and distributes the ever-expanding ABA Birdfinding Guide series, which is widely recognized as setting the gold standard for site guides in North America. The guides feature the best information available on bird distribution within "hot spot" areas of North America, such as Florida, Southeastern Arizona, Southern California, Alaska, and many other regions. Special features include annotated species lists, bar graphs representing seasonal distribution, and maps of key sites. The guides are written by expert birders from each region covered in the series and benefit greatly from the skills of a highly experienced editorial and map-making team.