There is a great article in Wired magazine about the technological innovations being tested through an ornithological research project. The bird in question is...
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One lesson any observer of the natural world learns quickly is to take nothing for granted. Nature loves to defy all expectations. Nobody expects...
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Bird watchers have come to expect nearly endless variations of a small number of familiar forms throughout the world’s 10,000 species. For example, there...
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We’ve been writing about holiday gifts for birders all week, but at the end of the day, what bird watchers really want is to...
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One of the inviolable truths of birding is that you cannot force the bird. Just because you’re looking for it doesn’t mean that it...
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The Cornell Lab of Ornithology reported yesterday that last winter, in West Nile virus-afflicted parts of the United States, American Crow counts dropped to...
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While waxing eloquent about the Red-bellied Woodpecker, I described the male of the species as red from his nape to his lores. His lores?...
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While driving today, I found myself amidst a playful flock of Dark-eyed Junco. I also spotted a European Starling with an amazing throat pouch...
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