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Magpies: Murder, Mischief and Myth
Accused of eating cattle alive from the inside out, the black-billed magpie was once one of the most vilified birds on the planet. Discover the tangled history of humans and magpies.
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Owl Underground: A Summer Encounter with Burrowing Owls
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How Did Birds Get So Colorful?
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Could Prairie Chickens Come Booming Back?
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Curlews for Conservation: Tracking a Migratory Grassland Bird
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Bird Advisor: One Intrepid Birder Reviews Historic Sites
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A Bird Blitz for Nature Conservancy Lands and Waters
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Osprey Cam’s Nest Is Occupied – By an Owl!
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Recovery: Saving a Woodpecker Through Research & Ingenuity
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A Harlequin Duck’s Long Cross-Country Migration
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Are Bird Feeders Helping Cardinals Expand Their Range?
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Hummingbirds Make an Incredible Journey North
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Four Impressive Bird Migrations You Can Watch from Your Neighborhood
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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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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.
