JWM: Cow pies provide curlews nesting spots
Curlews keen to feather their nests are best served by choosing areas with lots of other curlews — and lots of cow pies. According to new research, long‐billed ...
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eBird program informs songbird conservation across Americas
Citizen scientists involved in the eBird program are helping researchers identify the most important regions to focus conservation efforts across the Americas. This ...
Chirping at night can put birds at greater collision risk
Birds that make faint, high-frequency flight calls during their nighttime migration are more likely than ones that don’t make these calls to collide with ...
Alabama Chapter to host birding workshop for beginners
The Alabama Chapter of The Wildlife Society, along with the Wehle Land Conservation Center, will be hosting a professional development program, “Beginner ...
Invasive birds fill critical seed dispersing role in Hawaii
Introduced bird species in Oahu, Hawaii may disperse seeds of native plant species long after the native birds that originally filled these roles are gone. ...
Is every year ‘the year of the bird?’
If you follow the lunar new year, the year of the pig has recently begun. But should it really be the year of the bird? OK, the National Geographic Society gave ...
Bright lights, big cities, big problems for migrating birds
The effects of bright cities on migratory birds isn’t something to take lightly, but the biggest cities may not have the biggest impact on long-term ...
Human emotion and behavior at bird feeders may impact conservation
Some 57 million households in the United States have birdfeeders. The food can benefit the birds, but what effect do birdfeeders have on the people who hang them, ...
Tracking devices may affect individual birds
Modern tracking devices can be tiny, but they can still have effects on some of the birds fitted with them, researchers found, although those impacts are sometimes ...
JWM: Keen foragers more likely to be hit by landing planes
The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) was perched on top of a lighting fixture with a sharp eye on the surrounding area, oblivious to the danger descending upon ...