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Epic Duck: The Story of the Canvasback
Meet the canvasback, a striking bird with an even more striking conservation story.
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Outtakes: Peeking into Raptors’ Lives
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The Ocean Flyway: The Surprising Open Water Routes of Songbird Migrations
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Owls in the Outhouse: Opening the Bathroom Door on a Foul Bird Issue
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The Stream Whisperer: “Thinking Like Water” Restores Sage Grouse Habitat
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Recovery: Farm Bill Provides Hope for the Cerulean Warbler
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Boucher’s 2015 Bird of the Year: Rufous Potoo
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Introducing the Australian Brushturkey
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Scientists (Re)Re-discover the Australian Night Parrot. Now What?
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Kumuls on Camera: Photographing Birds-of-Paradise in Papua New Guinea
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Epic Birding Fails: Lyrebirds in Australia
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Searching for the Lesser Bird-of-Paradise
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Extreme Birding: Entering Un-Birded Territory in Papua New Guinea
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Are Neonicotinoids the Next DDT?
The word’s most widely used insecticides are likely causing widespread declines in bird and insects populations.
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Timothy Boucher
Tim is a senior conservation geographer at The Nature Conservancy. Working in international conservation science for the past 16 years, he has used remote sensing and geographic information science to assess habitat condition, protection, and threats. He has conducted field assessments on six continents, applying spatial analyses to a wide range of conservation issues ranging from marine spawning aggregations in Belize to global land-cover analysis.
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Plight of the Bumble Bee: Conserving Imperiled Native Pollinators
You’ve probably heard about the loss of honey bees. But did you know native bumble bees face even more alarming declines? These vital pollinators are disappearing due to pesticides and habitat loss. You can make a difference — right in your backyard.
