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I asked AI to be my photo editor: Here’s what I learned about bird photography from bots

For years, I’ve struggle with how to manage the thousands of photos taken chasing birds around the hemisphere. But it took just seconds for AI to step in an help me bring fresh eyes and new order to my collection. Read More

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Can We Save Our Vanishing Birds?

Come along on a journey to the frontlines of the struggle to save birds across the hemisphere. To help get you started, you can read the first chapter here that touches on the key themes, inspiring players and sometimes treacherous work that is helping shape the future of birds. Here’s what critics are saying:

“The Gyllenhaals are skilled storytellers.” – The New York Tiimes

“A Wing and a Prayer warns for the dire consequences of loss of bird population — and how we can stop it.” – Washington Post

“In this five-star journey into our birding history, present and future, the authors make clear that ultimately, it’s up to us — you and me — to care and to act.” – The Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Why Flying Lessons

This website is about what we can learn from the birds around us. Some of the lessons are obvious, such as the way birds can be a barometer of environmental changes. Others are more subtle, like the way you, as an observer, have to adapt to navigate the world in which birds operate.

We travel much of the year, writing about and photographing birds – including our book for Simon & Schuster titled “A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save our Vanishing Birds” – as a way to celebrate a captivating element of nature.