Here’s a great interactive tool for learning about bird anatomy from CornellLab. It helped me learn how to identify and describe the birds I’m seeing.
Wingbars Explained
If you’re trying to see the difference between two birds, an expert birder may explain that you can look at the wingbars for help with identification. Sometimes it can be a bit baffling to see these clearly on a bird moving around in a tree. Here David Sibley explains wingbars. I hope this will help next time you’re in the field.
Drawing Birds
I’m not an artist, but I wanted to try out drawing birds. I found that drawing birds helped me to understand more about bird anatomy and how to better identify birds in the field. If you want to try out drawing birds, John Muir Laws, nature journalist and science educator, has many excellent videos to help you get started. Here’s my favorite.