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Birds

Watch for Shorebirds with Colored Flags!

October 9, 2013 by Alfredo Begazo 12 Comments

As I write this note, probably hundreds if not thousands of shorebirds are heading south to the wintering grounds. Some make stopovers along Florida’s...

Reviews

Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man Who Brought It Back from Extinction–A Review

October 1, 2013 by Donna 3 Comments

The cahow is one wild and crazy bird. Born in a burrow, it first sees daylight when it is time to fledge, and then...

Conservation

Pelican Release with International Bird Rescue

September 25, 2013 by Larry 2 Comments

There are advantages to being a “Pelican Partner” for International Bird Rescue! First, you get to tour one of their California centers, you get...

Birds, Conservation

Shutting Your Trap

September 20, 2013 by Suzie 6 Comments

This is the kind of insanity that goes on with leghold traps. A few years ago my friend Astrid called me on the phone....

Reviews

Stuck in the middle (of the AOU/COS meeting)

August 20, 2013 by Meredith Mann 4 Comments

I’m not an ornithologist. I don’t even play one on TV. Nevertheless, I was pleased to find myself at ornithological ground zero this past week,...

News

Why Did the Prairie Chicken Cross the State?

August 9, 2013 by Meredith Mann 1 Comment

Not quite as fancy as the satellite tracker that Bird No. 112 got, this radio transmitter nevertheless tells scientists at the Missouri Department of...