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News

Sad End for Vagrant Swift, Happy Ending for Wrong-Way Pigeon

July 2, 2013 by Meredith Mann No Comments

Photo by Steve Duffield/The Telegraph Whither the wayward bird? Birders often delight in chasing rarities that suddenly appear hundreds or thousands of miles from...

Birds, Conservation

A Modest Proposal for a Wildlife Conservation Stamp

June 30, 2013 by Meredith Mann 5 Comments

A mockup of what a Wildlife Conservation Stamp might look like Duck hunting is big business in the United States. (Just ask whoever greenlit...

Birding

Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

June 26, 2013 by Meredith Mann 3 Comments

Confiscated from a poacher in Brescia, Italy, this robin will be released to fly away into an uncertain world, where habitat is threatened and...

Birding, Birds

Nest Cam Welcomes Arctic Tern Babies to the World

June 20, 2013 by Meredith Mann 1 Comment

You may already know how awesome Arctic Terns are. Clocking more than 50,000 miles per year, the birds appear to have cornered the market...

Birding

Thousands of Tricolored Blackbirds Saved Through Farmer/Conservationist Partnership

June 18, 2013 by Meredith Mann 4 Comments

All photos by Keiller Kyle, courtesy of Audubon California For a birder, a sighting of a Tricolored Blackbird is a treat. After all, there are only...