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Birds in the News
Reimagining the American Avocet
July 13, 2021 — Phil Wheeler uses repeating patterns to unite a hungry wader with otherworldly terrain.
1,158 Bird Species, 7,500 Miles, 1,000 Cups of Coffee and Counting: Meet the Couple Doing the First-Ever Big Year Across Colombia
July 2, 2021 — As they’ve crisscrossed the country tallying and documenting birds, photographers Niky Carrera Levy and Mauricio Ossa have also discovered hundreds of untold stories of conservation heroes.
How a Landmark Environmental Law May Have Quietly Saved a Billion Birds
January 6, 2021 — New research reveals a previously uncounted benefit of the Clean Air Act—at a time when the Trump administration is weakening its protections.
Those Pigeons Wearing Cowboy Hats? They're No Laughing Matter.
December 17, 2019 — While the internet got a kick out of the latest meme, Mariah Hillman rushed to the scene to save the birds from danger or even death.
BLM’s Final Environmental Review for Arctic Refuge Drilling Glaringly Underestimates Harm to Wildlife
September 12, 2019 — Rushed and faulty process gives green light to massive and permanent destruction of Arctic Refuge’s Coastal Plain, an irreplaceable habitat for birds and other wildlife
Exhausted Birds Become Lunch Meat for Tiger Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico
May 24, 2019 — New research shows that these apex predators wait for food to fall out of the sky during migration.
This Sandhill Crane Couple Adopted a Baby Goose
May 14, 2019 — The elegant birds are raising a gosling as well their own colt this year in a Michigan park.
A Vagrant European Robin Is Drawing Huge Crowds in China
January 15, 2019 — The rarity popped up at the Beijing Zoo earlier this month, revealing a booming Chinese birding scene.
A Mexican Hawk in Maine Has Somehow Survived Two Snowstorms
December 19, 2018 — Hundreds of people have visited the first wild Great Black Hawk to venture into the United States, where it's dining on squirrel instead of lizard.
Baseball for the Birds: A New North Carolina Team Rallies Around an Endangered Species
November 16, 2018 — Inspired by the Red-cockaded Woodpecker's resilience, the Houston Astros affiliate has chosen the bird to be its official mascot.
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