Building collision survey identifies vulnerable birds
Millions of birds meet an untimely end by flying into buildings every year, but researchers weren’t always clear whether specific types were more vulnerable than ...
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Prairie Pothole farming hampers pintail duck success
From a bird’s eye view, a small pond in a mowed field may appear to be the perfect place to settle down and build a nest. The trouble for pintail ducks is their ...
Urban forests draw more birds and insects than street trees
Rather than rely on the safety of tree-lined streets for food, leaf-eating insects seem to prefer urban forests, even if they have to tolerate more predators in ...
Partners in Flight sees past success, future challenges
In the 1980s, biologists Chan Robbins and John Sauer reached a startling conclusion. Studying data from the Breeding Bird Survey — a project Robbins pioneered — ...
Black Birders Week celebrates diversity in naturalists
Birders and bird researchers have declared this week as Black Birders Week. Starting May 31, organizers of the weeklong event aim to increase the visibility of ...
Captive-raised Florida sparrows breed in wild
The effort to restore the endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) to the wild has achieved a major milestone. Captive-raised birds ...
Migrating birds choose native fruits over invasive berries
Migrating birds passing through New England go out of their way to find native berries to fuel up on for their southward journey, despite a plethora of invasive ...
Automated recorders detect secretive marsh birds
Standing over a foot tall and covered in brown mottled feathers, the king rail is hard to track down amid the marshy reeds where it spends most of its time. The ...
This pandemic is for the birds
As people have hunkered down at home, they’re turning to the birds in their backyards for entertainment. Birdwatching is seeing a big boost, the Associated Press ...
Campaign highlights birds’ benefits to humans
As people shelter at home to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus, thoughts are increasingly turning to … birds. That’s a tiny bit of good news amid the ...