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| Fox Sparrow / Photo by Alex Galt/USFWS |
- Gulls will often steal shellfish from diving ducks to take advantage of food sources they are not able to reach themselves.
- Many bird populations have still not recovered from West Nile Virus.
- Female and male Black-capped Chickadees produce different vocalizations and can tell the vocalizations apart.
- Exposure to heavy metals reduces the plumage color of Great Tits.
- Shape of bird wings depends on evolutionary ancestry more than flight style.
- Competition for nesting cavities may threaten the endangered Forty-spotted Pardalote of Tasmania.
- A variety of berries, many toxic or unpalatable to humans, await migrating birds in the fall.
- In some bird species, song develops independently of sex differences in the brain.
- A study of Red-eyed Vireos, Swainson's Thrushes, and Wood Thrushes examines migration behavior around Gulf of Mexico.
- Juvenile cowbirds sneak out of the host nest at night to avoid imprinting on foster parents.
- A big day attempt in Washington, DC, last May recorded over 100 species.
- Shorebirder: Rarity-friendly weather
- ABA Blog: How should we pronounce Trindade?
- Rigor Vitae: Life Unyielding: BIRDS OF A FEATHER
- Bird Ecology Study Group: Parasitic fly emerged from cocoon of footman moth
- The Freiday Bird Blog: Blue Jays: the best part of birding begins AFTER you have identified the bird
- Mark Avery: Globally threatened vultures
- spiderbytes: Myrmecophilic spiders
- Earbirding: Black and Pigeon Guillemots
- Maniraptora: Why do Songbirds Sing in the Autumn?
- Most eastern coyotes are actually coywolves, a hybrid of coyote and wolf ancestry (with some domestic dog mixed in). Coywolves are more willing than coyotes to explore forests and take on large prey and more willing than wolves to live close to humans.
- A dam holding tailings from a mining operation burst in Brazil and swamped a small city downstream.
- New York is investigating whether Exxon Mobil violated any laws while denying climate change.
- Mountain lions may be slowly recolonizing eastern portions of their former range.
- New York State is preparing for up to six feet of sea level rise.
- Small differences in wing structure make female Monarchs more efficient at flying than males.
- The Sourland Mountain Preserve in New Jersey was expanded by 29 acres.
- Managed bees (like honey bees) spread disease among wild bees.
