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| Say's Phoebe / Photo by Tom Koerner (USFWS) |
- An experimental study with House Sparrows found that birds roosting in large groups are less likely to contract West Nile Virus than birds roosting separately.
- Recordings made over the last decade at a site in California show that the amount of birdsong has steadily decreased.
- Australian Banded Stilts may travel hundreds of miles to areas with recent rainfall, and scientists are trying to figure out how they know where to go.
- Conservationists in California are using eBird data to identify priority areas for migrating waterbirds.
- Artificial light gives blackbirds longer to forage for food but does not seem to improve their health or reproductive outcomes.
- Bird species that breed in Europe and winter in Africa show dramatic declines over the past several decades.
- The New Shorebirds Handbook Blog: Magellanic Plover to lose family status?
- Nemesis Bird: Sparrow Obsession
- Steve Byland Nature Photography: Make A Suet Log For Better Photographs
- Bug Eric: Camel Crickets
- Ibycter: White Woodpecker preying on wasp nests!
- Myrmecos: The Puppy Spider Is Not As Big As You Think
- Extinction Countdown: Sage Grouse and Oil Drilling Can Co-Exist, Says New Report
- Corner of the Cabinet: Top Notch Photorealistic Invertebrate Illustrations by Carim Nahaboo
- When politicians say "I'm not a scientist" in response to questions about climate change, it is a cop-out that they rarely apply to other areas of governance.
- The expansion of economic exploitation of the Arctic made possible by climate change will require investment in new infrastructure for rescue and cleanup operations.
- NASA Earth Observatory explains how to interpret monthly global temperature reports.
- Goats may be used to control invasive Phragmites.
- Here is a description of dusk in the desert.
- Atlas Obscura visits Feltville, New Jersey, a deserted village that is now part of the Watchung Reservation.
