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| Golden Eagle / Photo by Tom Koerner (USFWS) |
- Lake Erie is one of the best spots in North America to look for rare gulls, but even there the search for rare gulls takes a different mindset.
- Sea ice is crucial to the migration and wintering range of Ivory Gulls. (See also.)
- It looks like this will be another good year for seeing Snowy Owls. Research continues on owls that do make it south.
- Dorian Anderson finished his cycling big year with 617 (+1) species, a respectable total in any big year but outstanding in one that avoids the use of fossil fuels for transportation.
- Plumage color is linked not just to diet but also to weather conditions.
- Birds are as affected by artificial light and noise as they are by habitat destruction.
- Like humans, Swamp Sparrows interpret sounds according to their context.
- Here is a list of some new birds discovered in 2014.
- Here is a satellite view of the Pribilof Islands, a site known as a landing spot for rare avian visitors to this continent.
- Audubon California is celebrating the worst of bird photography.
- Biodiversity Heritage Library: The Most Influential Birder Most of Us Have Never Heard Of
- All About Birds: How Do Tired Birds Choose Where to Stop During Migration?
- Birding Dude: Kings of New York
- Nemesis Bird: Winter Kingbirds of NYC
- The oil spill in Bangladesh threatens two rare dolphin species.
- Wolf OR-7 is now officially the leader of the Rogue Pack.
- There is now some evidence that white-nose syndrome kills bats by sapping their energy, and it does most of its work before the external signs of the infection are visible.
- Enbridge is skirting US law to increase capacity on one of its tar sands pipelines.
- The Poweshiek Skipperling and the Dakota Skipperling were listed under the Endangered Species Act.
- Urban wildlife, such as the coyotes in Chicago, are subjects worth studying.
