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...
…of crows. Police in Everett, Washington, have had to deal with an aggressive pair of crows after they decided to build a nest just...
The Eastern Mediterranean Sea is what oceanographers call ultraoligotrophic, meaning that it has low primary productivity. Basically there just aren’t enough nutrients to sustain...
I’ve been to a lot of birding festivals—sometimes as a speaker, sometimes as a trip leader, and sometimes just because I love going to...
The official start of summer hasn’t yet arrived, but those of you struggling through record-setting spikes in temperature may be in no mood for...
When the American Ornithologists’ Union publishes its annual North American checklist update next month, many birders will be disappointed to see that a proposal...
Yellow-headed Blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) are robin-sized blackbirds found in prairie and mountain meadow wetlands of the western and central United States and Canada. They...
If studying insects would lead you to suppose that God had an “an inordinate fondness for beetles”, studying the pre-human avifauna of the Pacific...
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