The Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis, the only species of the genus Passerculus, is the Rodney Dangerfield of sparrows in that it gets no respect. ...
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Last month, our Australian correspondent Shane Martin contributed a striking gallery of Galahs goofing around in Brisbane. Now, Shane shines a spotlight on the...
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While wood-warblers are a wonderful type of bird to watch they are not the only species making their way south each fall. Everything sparrows...
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It is near the end of wood-warbler migration in New York City; the hordes of Yellow-rumped Warblers have descended upon us and it has...
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Suzie Gilbert is a wildlife rehabilitator in the Hudson Valley of New York State. She is also the author of Flyaway: How a Wild...
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Can you imagine visiting your local park only to find noisy packs of wild pink parrots cavorting in the grass? That scene might sound...
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Vultures get a bad rap, often lumped in with gold diggers and attorneys (no offense to any gold digging attorneys out there) when they...
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I thought that this quiz might be a bit easier than previous diabolical identification quizzes and I think I was right. Not that I...
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