BWD, founded in 1978 as Bird Watcher’s Digest, is North America’s premier bird-watching magazine. Each bimonthly issue is packed with beautiful photography, illustrations and in-depth articles by renowned experts on an array of topics from backyard birds to birding abroad. Subscriptions are growing with birders wanting to become a part of the BWD community and benefit from the wealth of birding information and engaging stories BWD contributors have to offer.

In the 2024 Sept/Oct issue, they published an 8 page feature story on the American Crow. The main article was written by renowned Crow expert, Kevin McGowan, an ornithologist and avid birder who works at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. He currently creates online courses about birds for the Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy, including “Anything but Common: The Hidden Life of the American Crow.” Another page is dedicated to providing a species profile with details on what to look and listen for, where and when to look, feeding behavior, courtship and nesting behavior, and conservation concerns. Another article centers on Crows returning to roost each year in winter months. The final article looks at the history and geography of a Winter Crow Roost with nice highlighted mention of our ever growing blog followed by bird and Crow lovers around the globe, wintercrowroost.com!

In the 2024 Nov/Dec issue, BWD published a 6 page feature article titled “Can Drones Help Save Our Birds?” written by David Bird. David is an Emeritus Professor of Wildlife Biology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, and lives on Vancouver Island. He has co-authored over 200 peer- reviewed papers and written and/or edited numerous nature books. In this article, he takes meaningful look at using drones to study birds and other wildlife, particularly to monitor and census raptor nests. From there he discusses success with using drones with waterbird colonies and getting much more accurate population counts worldwide with little to no disturbance issues. He highlights new drone tracking technologies and the uses of drones with thermal cameras. He notes drones even being used in Lawrence, MA to monitor a Winter Crow Roost!