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Few hummingbirds are as fancy as showy coquettes. Colorful, crested, frilled, tufted, and oh so festive, they are jewels of Central and South America. We found the photos below in our online galleries . Submit your photos to our galleries. Read about...
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Nine young Whooping Cranes that flew from Wisconsin to Alabama behind ultralight planes last fall will not be led to refuges in Florida but instead will be released on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge near Decatur, Alabama. (Right: An Operation Migration...
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Two groups of scientists studying museum specimens and sightings of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker have reached the same disappointing conclusion: The iconic bird is extinct. Each team described their findings in papers in the February 2012 issue of the...
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Of the 19 species of owl that breed in North America. Four of them -- Snowy Owl, Northern Hawk Owl, Great Gray Owl, and Boreal Owl -- are northerners. Today we’re showcasing reader photos of the yellow-eyed, finely barred, and very cool Northern...
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When winter temperatures dip to season lows and finches that will breed in the far north dominate our attention at our feeding stations, it can be painful to think too hard about spring. Gardeners find it therapeutic to pore through seed catalogs. Birdwatchers...
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One of the best things about birdwatching is getting to visit beautiful places. The amazing scenes below are examples. Visitors to our website submitted them to our People and Places gallery . We hope you enjoy them! Submit your photos to our galleries...
Filed under: photography, Wisconsin, Montana, Florida, Texas, Wyoming, Sabine Pass, Viera Wetlands, Red Rock Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Yellowstone National Park, Wyalusing State Park
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Of the five thrashers pictured below, only Brown breeds east of the Mississippi. The other four -- Long-billed, Sage, Curve-billed, and California -- are old friends who make us feel at home in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and other western states. We...
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An Operation Migration ultralight pilot leads Whooping Cranes. Photo by rowrlm The Federal Aviation Administration announced today that it has granted an exemption to Operation Migration that will allow pilots to continue to aid the Whooping Crane migration...
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Whooping Crane 6-05 stands in a field in southern Indiana while crane 37-09 forages. The photo was taken December 29, 2011, the day before 6-05 was found dead of a gunshot. Photo by Dan Kaiser Yesterday I wrote about the delay in this year’s ultralight...
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Black-capped Chickadee is a curious species and can be a lot of fun to watch at your feeders. Take a look at these fabulous photos from our online galleries of the birds eating, landing, and just hanging around. Submit your photos to our galleries. Read...
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Operation Migration, the group that has taught young Whooping Cranes a migration route from Wisconsin to Florida for the past 11 years, has voluntarily grounded its current migration in northwest Alabama while it waits for the Federal Aviation Administration...
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Warblers, owls, hummingbirds, eagles, mist-netting, new books -- we covered that and lots more on this blog in 2011. Below are the 10 most popular stories of the year. 10. Checklist math: How four Yellow-rumped Warblers equal one Butter-butt Published...
Filed under: Whooping Crane, Bald Eagle, Laysan Albatross, Kenn Kaufman, hummingbirds, Check-list of North American Birds, American Ornithologists' Union, owls, Richard Crossley, Yellow-rumped Warbler, mist netting, Decorah, Archaeopteryx
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We love to see the eye-popping red of a Northern Cardinal against an all-white snowy backdrop here in southeastern Wisconsin. You too? Readers sent the redbird photos below to our photo galleries . Please send us your shots! Submit your photos to our...
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The hardy birds below don’t mind the cold. You may spot one in your backyard this winter, so keep a lookout! If you see one, please take its picture! Then post your photo in our online photo galleries . The snaps below are from the galleries. Submit...
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Back in April I was delighted to announce a new partnership between this magazine and the American Bird Conservancy . In every issue since, ABC's column "Eye on Conservation" has helped us keep you up to date on a wide assortment of birds...
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