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For Europe’s Environmental Stewardship, a Man From Malta?

October 1, 2014 by Meredith Mann 2 Comments

Whether this ends up as a colossally bad decision remains to be seen. But for the time being, it looks like Maltese politician Karmenu...

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New Research Examines How, and Where, Birds Fly

September 18, 2014 by Meredith Mann No Comments

“I want you / to show me the way,” Peter Frampton sings. Pop music is all well and good for people, but how do...

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“Winged Warnings” Sounds the Avian Alarm

August 30, 2014 by Meredith Mann No Comments

When birds go from Least Concern to Near-Threatened to Vulnerable to Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature scale of species viability,...

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Of Bird Diets, Dangers, and Delinquents

August 22, 2014 by Meredith Mann No Comments

This week in birding news has it all covered. Er, sort of. To wit: As if beach-nesting birds don’t have enough problems, along comes...

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This Week in Bird(ing) News: The Good, the Bad, and the Huh?

August 13, 2014 by Meredith Mann No Comments

First, let’s start with the good: Scientific testing of drones near birding hotspot Cape May, NJ has been postponed to avoid messing with Red Knots...

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This Week in Bird(ing) News: Orange Is the New Beak, and a Dead Parrot (No Joke!)

July 4, 2014 by Meredith Mann No Comments

If you’ve got some downtime between barbecues and fireworks (or, outside of the U.S., obsessing over World Cup matches), here’s some bird news to...

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This Week in Bird(ing) News: Science, Citizen Science, and Citizen Savagery

June 23, 2014 by Meredith Mann No Comments

Birding in Israel? Report your sightings to help build an eBird-like database of the country’s avifauna. New studies find that: when birds migrate from...