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Bearded Vulture Nests Are Natural Museums
Bearded Vultures have lived alongside humans for thousands of years. Though these majestic raptors are mostly found in Asia and Africa today, they we…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Anhingas — Snakebirds
In the black water of a Louisiana bayou, the water ripples where a slender form glides just beneath the surface. It appears to be a snake, but look c…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Ballet of the Grebes
When a pair of Western Grebes decides it’s time to mate, they call loudly and approach one another. Each bird curves, then straightens, its long neck…
3 months ago
The Superbly Adapted Osprey
This Osprey looks similar to other birds of prey. But the species is truly unique among raptors. For example, the Osprey is the only raptor with oily…
3 months ago
Spark Bird: Olya Weekley And The House-Martins
When wildlife conservationist Olya Weekley was a little kid, she noticed something incredible from her grandmother’s kitchen window: a pair of House …
3 months ago
Kipukas and Akis
One of Hawaii’s rarest forest birds is this ‘akiapola’au. Some of the roughly 1,000 'akis left on earth live and breed in kipukas on the lower slopes…
3 months ago
Pick Up Plastic for Seabirds
Billions of pounds of plastic end up in our global oceans every year. Birds – like this Short-tailed Shearwater – that mistake this pollution for fo…
3 months ago
J. Drew Lanham’s Taxonomy of Bird Obsessions
Ornithologist J. Drew Lanham's favorite bird is “the one with feathers.” But here, he shares a few species that have been especially on his mind late…
3 months ago
Rock Climbing Among the Peregrines
Eagle Cliff in New Hampshire’s Franconia Notch State Park is an important nesting site for Peregrine Falcons. Each year, popular climbing routes in t…
3 months ago
Mississippi Kites
The Mississippi Kite is one of America's most elegant raptors. These dove-gray birds spend the summer hunting over plains and woodlands in the southe…
3 months, 1 week ago