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The Red-bellied Woodpecker and Its Curious Name
Red-bellied Woodpeckers are bold, conspicuous, and vocal, thriving in rural and urban areas east of the Mississippi. Like most woodpeckers, Red-belli…
2 years, 4 months ago
Songbirds: The Large and Small of It
The group of birds called “songbirds” — the perching birds — is incredibly broad. Half the world’s 10,000 birds are in the songbird group, and their …
2 years, 4 months ago
Blackbirds' Strange Music
Blackbird songs have a strange music. The Red-winged Blackbird can be heard in nearly every marsh on the continent — bold, brassy, and piercing. The …
2 years, 4 months ago
Ducks That Whistle
Whistling as they fly, Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks are gorgeous waterfowl with bright pink bills and legs, chestnut necks and backs, and black unde…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bohemian Waxwings – Exquisite Winter Visitors
It's winter, and apples litter the ground. A few still hang, frozen and thawed again and again. Suddenly a flock of hundreds of birds rises from the …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Tui of New Zealand
The Tui is one of New Zealand’s most remarkable birds, intelligent and with iridescent feathers. Its down-curved beak fits perfectly into native flow…
2 years, 5 months ago
Why Is My Robin Half White?
A bird with abnormal white feathers, like this American Robin, may have a genetic condition called leucism. Leucism prevents pigments from reaching s…
2 years, 5 months ago
Welcoming Back Common Loons
The call of the Common Loon is a symbol of the far north. But the species once nested as far south as southern New England, Ohio, Iowa, and Californi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Groove-billed Anis, Communal Nesters
Groove-billed Anis gather in loose groups. And with good reason. They nest communally. As many as four or five pairs of birds may use one nest, a bul…
2 years, 5 months ago
Protecting Rivers and Eagles from Invasive Plants
In the 1990s, eagles in the Southeastern U.S. began dying of a mysterious brain disease. Many years of research identified the culprit: a cyanobacter…
2 years, 5 months ago