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Healing Trauma with Animals at the Kyiv Zoo
Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022, zookeepers at the Kyiv Zoo shared audio recordings from the animal enclosures with…
1 year, 3 months ago
Kingbirds Steal from Wasps
Kingbirds are robin-sized flycatchers that excel at plucking insects from the air. They’ll even tackle prey as big as cicadas. Finding naturally-camo…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sage Thrasher and Sagebrush
The glorious song of the male Sage Thrasher rings out every Spring from tracts of sagebrush throughout the west. Sagebrush was once widespread in the…
1 year, 3 months ago
You Are What You Eat
House Finches are familiar birds all across North America. Researchers have shown that the red coloration of males is produced from carotenoid pigmen…
1 year, 3 months ago
Long-lived Wisdom, the Albatross
A Laysan Albatross named Wisdom has been nesting and raising chicks on the island of Midway for nearly 60 years. She was banded back in 1956 and was …
1 year, 3 months ago
Nest Cavities – Book Early
Tree Swallows and bluebirds — like this Western Bluebird — are among the earliest northbound migrants to arrive, heralding spring a month before the …
1 year, 3 months ago
A Heron Nest Starts with Just One Stick
During winter and early spring, Great Blue Herons build their nests high in the treetops. The male delivers the supplies to the nest site stick by st…
1 year, 4 months ago
Upland Sandpipers Whistling from Fences
Upland Sandpipers are an emblematic bird of grassland habitats in many regions of the Americas. These shorebirds live far from sea with the largest b…
1 year, 4 months ago
Identifying a Bird in Flight
One of the most difficult skills to pick up as a birder is how to identify birds in flight. You have to sort through a series of visual clues all at …
1 year, 4 months ago
Meadowlark and the Monster
In this story from Nimiipuu culture, Meadowlark is likened to the ‘reporter’ of Western grasslands, singing its song from the tops of fenceposts and …
1 year, 4 months ago