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Screech-Owls Go Fishing
Screech-owls are opportunistic diners. In the Pacific Northwest, they’ll prey on small birds, crayfish, large ants, or earthworms. In Arizona, pocket…
1 year, 3 months ago
BirdNoir – The Mystery of the Blue Bird
In this episode of BirdNoir, Michael Stein — Private Eye — gets a call from a friend, Danny, who wants to know why the bluest bird he’s ever seen has…
1 year, 3 months ago
How Terns Read the Water
Like an expert angler, a tern can read the surface of the water to find where to catch its next fish. Scientists piloted a drone to track the flight …
1 year, 3 months ago
Geese Whiffling in for a Landing
Looking at a Canada Goose, you might not think their bodies are designed for fancy flying. But watch as a flock of geese comes in for a landing at a …
1 year, 3 months ago
Titmice Lead the Way
In winter, many songbirds join flocks made up of multiple species that travel around looking for food, benefitting from safety in numbers. But a bird…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Importance of Neotropical Ornithology
To protect our migratory birds, it’s vital that we understand their behaviors both during the breeding season in North America and when they migrate …
1 year, 3 months ago
The Pecking Order
Birds in flocks almost invariably develop a pecking order. An alpha chicken can peck any other in the flock, and a beta chicken can peck all others b…
1 year, 3 months ago
Western Hummingbirds, East
Not long ago, the only hummingbird that someone living in the eastern United States and Canada could hope to see was the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. B…
1 year, 4 months ago
Learning to Sing from a Blackbird
Many years ago, when writer and musician Ray Young Bear was training his singing voice, he took a kind of vocal lesson from the blackbirds. “They hav…
1 year, 4 months ago
As the Crow Flies
Traveling "as the crow flies," eating "like a bird," and being "free as a bird" are just a few of the sayings we use to describe everyday human actio…
1 year, 4 months ago