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This Sandhill Crane Couple Adopted a Baby Goose

By Amelia Langas
May 14, 2019 — The elegant birds are raising a gosling as well their own colt this year in a Michigan park.
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A Vagrant European Robin Is Drawing Huge Crowds in China

By Kenn Kaufman
January 15, 2019 — The rarity popped up at the Beijing Zoo earlier this month, revealing a booming Chinese birding scene.
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A Mexican Hawk in Maine Has Somehow Survived Two Snowstorms

By Laura Poppick
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.
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Baseball for the Birds: A New North Carolina Team Rallies Around an Endangered Species

By Shweta Karikehalli
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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Are Birds Actually Government-Issued Drones? So Says a New Conspiracy Theory Making Waves (and Money)

By Fernando Alfonso III
November 16, 2018 — Hatched by a 20-year-old college student, the Birds Aren’t Real movement has drawn intrigue and scorn on Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter.
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How This Year's Devastating Red Tide Has Wreaked Havoc on Florida's Birds

By Lexi Krupp
October 12, 2018 — Sick Red Knots, Sanderlings, and Ruddy Turnstones have been turning up at hospitals in record numbers as toxic algal blooms take their toll.
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A Biologist's Bittersweet Return to See the Birds She Helped Save

By Shweta Karikehalli
September 07, 2018 — Alisa Esposito made it her mission to protect Purple Martins from deadly collisions on a North Carolina bridge. When personal tragedy struck, the birds helped her through the ordeal.
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How to Deal With Birding FOMO

By Purbita Saha
May 18, 2018 — It’s been a week since I missed out on the Kirtland’s Warbler that strayed into Manhattan. I’m still not over it.
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How to Help Owls and Other Raptors After Snowstorms

By Nell Durfee
March 23, 2018 — Birds can often appear distressed during the winter. Not all need to be rescued, but when they do, call a pro.
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The Bizarre Walk of the Western Grebe Caught on Camera

By Benji Jones
March 01, 2018 — Western Grebes famously run on water, but few ornithologists have seen them using their aquatic feet to scamper across land.