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A Field Guide to The Feral Parrots of the US

“Wait, was that a parrot?” I’m looking out of my hotel room window in downtown Los Angeles, and I swear I just saw a parrot in the palm trees across the highway. Either that, or the 17+ hours of jetlag […]

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This Upland Sandpiper Was Banded 13 Years Ago. And It’s Still Alive.

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In Conservation, Sometimes It’s the Small Things that Inspire

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Why Do Little Birds Mob Big Birds?

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The Extinct Birds Project

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Life, Death & Bird Cam Drama at the Great Salt Lake

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Boucher’s Birding Blog: Apps for the Smart Birder — Which One Should You Use?

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Birding for People Who Do Not Like Lists

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Ode to Merlin

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A Long Journey to 5,000 Birds: 34 Years, 6 Continents, & 47 Countries

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Fall in Love with the American Kestrel on Our Nest Cam

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Poisoning Vultures Will Come Back to Bite Us

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It’s Not Easy Being a Hatchling

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Kumuls on Camera: Photographing Birds-of-Paradise in Papua New Guinea

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The Bird Conservation Program You’ve Never Heard Of (And the Birds It Saves)

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A New View of Bird Vision

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Can Migrating Birds Adapt To Climate Change?

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When Fish Eat Birds

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Where Have All the House Sparrows Gone?

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Meet the Bizarre American Bittern

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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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