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- A newly-discovered bird from the Cretaceous had one toe much longer than its other toes, unlike any living bird today. Its toes also featured bristles, possibly for reaching into cavities and feeling around for invertebrates.
- An article in Living Bird discusses recent research into the plumage, song, and behavior of female songbirds.
- Kenn Kaufman discusses the most recent set of taxonomic decisions made by the American Ornithological Society.
- Further studies on Snowball, the dancing Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, found additional dance moves and suggest traits necessary for an animal to develop dance.
- A wildlife rehabilitator explains the process in preparing a bird, in this case a Snowy Owl, for release.
- Common Guillemots and Razorbills both prefer to dive deeper and longer to forage than Atlantic Puffins.
- In the north country, the return of Whip-poor-wills is a sign of spring, but they are declining like many other insectivorous birds.
- Here are some photos of Piping Plover chicks on Cape Cod.
- A California Condor chick has been confirmed at Zion National Park. If it fledges, it will be the first to fledge from that park.
- Scientists estimate that 120-135 Peregrine Falcons chicks have hatched this year in Minnesota's recovered falcon population.
- Audubon released a report on how climate change will affect grassland birds and their habitats.
- Grazing increases the supply of insects for sage grouse to eat.
- Video from Australia shows a cockatoo stripping anti-bird spikes off a building.
- Urban parts of New Jersey are full of raptors if you look up to see them.
- The Meadowlands Nature Blog: Don Torino’s Life in the Meadowlands: Our Favorite Bird
- mocosocoBirds: Morris Co. Breeders in 2019: Kentucky Warbler and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – July 7, 2019
- Edin Whitehead: A White Fantail
- Backyard and Beyond: Second Round
- Conserve Wildlife Blog: Photo From The Field
- The Artful Amoeba: Striped Maples Can Change Sex Repeatedly
- British Ornithologists' Union Blog: Photographing gull eggs
- Volunteer butterfly counts in Ohio suggest that butterfly populations have fallen by a third over the past two decades.
- Wildlife crossings help connect wildlife populations and keep drivers sage.
- A photographer has been documenting the coyotes of San Francisco, which returned to the city in 2002 after being absent for decades.
- A dwarf sundew was found in western Maryland, which is now the northernmost known location for that species.
- North Jersey may get a new rail-trail to connect existing parks.
- While the DNC still has not approved an official climate debate for the 2020 election cycle, a group of journalists and environmental groups will host a climate summit in September.
- One way that climate change is changing hurricanes, like the one due to hit Louisiana this weekend, is by making them wetter.
- Restoring forests could absorb a significant amount of carbon, but scientists disagree on how large the benefit would be.
- A company that planned to do aerial surveys of Arctic NWR now says it will not do them. The Interior Department is still determined to sell drilling leases in the refuge.
