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Introducing Black Birders Week 2024
In this episode, Nicole Jackson and Emma Brittain announce the fifth year of Black Birders Week, a week-long celebration with events and activities t…
2 years ago
Celebrating Female Bird DayEducating people on female bird ID.
In 2019, several co-workers at the National Audubon Society formed a team for the World Series of Birding that focused on identifying female birds. C…
2 years ago
Saving Snags for Red-headed Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpeckers excavate cavities in large, dead trees called snags. Yet, over much of the Red-head's range, snags are frequently cut down as …
2 years, 1 month ago
Night Voices – Nightjars
As darkness descends on a May evening, the voices of many birds go quiet. But for some birds, especially those known as nightjars, the music is just …
2 years, 1 month ago
BirdNoir: The Catbird That Wasn't
In this episode of BirdNoir, Private Eye Michael Stein gives a word of advice to Ollie, an up-and-coming gumshoe. Ollie thinks he has heard his first…
2 years, 1 month ago
From Egg-laying to Hatching and Beyond
Waterfowl like this Muscovy duckling spend up to 30 days in the egg, so they’re able to walk, swim, and feed themselves as soon as they hatch. We cal…
2 years, 1 month ago
Singing Under Streetlights
Some birds have always called nocturnally, but other species are relative newcomers to the nighttime music scene, specifically in urban areas. Birds …
2 years, 1 month ago
Seabirds Drink Salt Water
Seabirds have no problem drinking sea water. The salt they take in is absorbed and moves through their blood stream into a pair of salt glands above …
2 years, 1 month ago
Habitat Defined
When you think of habitat, think of home. For a jay that lives in the forest, the forest is its habitat – where it finds food, water, shelter, and th…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Noisy Willet
Unlike many shorebirds, Willets breed inland. When nesting is done, they migrate south to both Atlantic and Pacific coastlines in the U.S. and Centra…
2 years, 1 month ago