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Birds

Are Birds Really Dinosaurs?

June 16, 2011 by Greg 23 Comments

Most of the time when we think of birds, we think of the things that make them birds, and not the things that make...

Birds

Behold the Blue-footed Booby

June 15, 2011 by Mike 2 Comments

The order Suliformes holds a lot of special birds from anhingas and darters to cormorants and shags as well as frigatebirds, pelicans, and tropicbirds. But...

Birds, Conservation

Kentucky’s Crane Hunt-It Ain’t Over…

by Julie 8 Comments

For those of you who’ve been following the drama unfolding in Kentucky regarding a sandhill crane hunt, there’s bad news. An eight-member commission unanimously...

Birds

Breeding Bobolinks in Queens

June 14, 2011 by Corey 4 Comments

Bobolinks are among my favorite birds. It is impossible to hear their silly song being sung from on high without growing a grin on...

Birds

What Is This Tern Doing?

June 13, 2011 by Corey 11 Comments

On a recent all-too-brief visit to that Mecca of birding in my home borough I was doing my best to get some good flight...

Birds

Protecting the Hyacinth Macaw and the Cerrado

June 11, 2011 by Mike 3 Comments

Who doesn’t love a macaw? Big, bold, beautiful parrots full of character and charm, macaws make us long for some of the world’s wildest...

Birds

Black-headed Gull

by Redgannet 5 Comments

The Black-headed Gull, Larus ridibunus, is similar in many ways to Bonaparte’s Gull, Larus philadelphia of North America. They are both small “black-headed” gulls...

Birds

AOU to leave Mexican Duck in limbo

June 9, 2011 by David 1 Comment

When the American Ornithologists’ Union publishes its annual North American checklist update next month, many birders will be disappointed to see that a proposal...

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