Category Archives: Birds
Audubon Newsletter: 8 Summer Birding Trails
(Illustration by Noah Woods) 8 Great Summer Birding Trails From Maine to California, here’s our guide to planning your road trip around some unforgettable birding. These birding trails wend through charming towns and rural outposts, while also connecting the … Continue reading
Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #45
Posted by Steve Boyes of National Geographic Expeditions in Explorers Journal on July 15, 2013 Hoopoes found across the vast region of Afro-Eurasia and are most notable for their distinctive ‘crown’ of feathers and darting flight pattern. (Lennart Hessel) … Continue reading
Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #44
Posted by Steve Boyes of National Geographic Expeditions on July 3, 2013 Jamaican tody nest in burrows that are excavates in muddy banks or rotten wood. (Owen Deutsch / Owen Deutsch Photography) Ashy prinias are resident breeders in … Continue reading
It’s for the birds: Citizen science reveals shift in winter bird homes
By Michelle Dohm Posted: June 20, 2013 Just in time for summer solstice (the longest day of the year!), we bring you the heartwarming tale of a study that analyzed data collected about our feathery friends in the middle of … Continue reading
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Careful what you throw on the ground. It may end up in a bird’s nest
This small nest, which I found on my front yard, contained shed hair from my dog, Cali, and more than two feet of monofilament fishing line. (David Figura | dfigura@syracuse.com) By David Figura | dfigura@syracuse.com on June 26, 2013 at … Continue reading
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Scientists worry over dwindling tri-colored blackbird population in California
By Edward Ortiz eortiz@sacbee.com Published: Friday, Jun. 21, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 1B Last Modified: Friday, Jun. 21, 2013 – 11:13 am WILLIAMS – The use of pesticides and other farming practices are causing a dramatic decline in … Continue reading
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Education, partnerships needed to save birds, nature: experts
By Gemma Karstens-Smith, OTTAWA CITIZEN June 22, 2013 5:06 PM In Canada, the population of some bird groups — such as waterfowl and raptors — have grown over the last 40 years, a conference heard Saturday. Others, particularly aerial insectivores … Continue reading
North American Birds Declining as Threats Mount
Global warming, habitat loss, wind turbines, and cats are factors. A Cerulean Warbler perched on a branch. Photograph by Glenn Bartley, Corbis Mel White for National Geographic Published June 21, 2013 Part of our weekly “In Focus” series—stepping back, looking … Continue reading