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“What’s that?” I asked Virginia Guhin, Education Programs Coordinator of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (ES NERR). We…

What is sex? This is a simple question with a complicated answer. Part of the answer is this: The biological…

One of the key features of birds, and I use the term “key” literally, is vocalization. Very few other vertebrates…

Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds This morning, I have three interesting scientific findings related to bird for you….

I want to alert you to a recent study (from April) that looks at the plight of bird populations under…

Don’t you hate those people who say “I told you so”? But – I did tell you. While birding the…

Tradeoffs in behavior, and plasticity We assume natural selection has shaped birds to avoid predators. Noticing predators, reacting to them…

A new research project using Zebra Finches in semi-wild conditions indicates that for some bird populations a certain aspect of…

I was told when I first started blogging here at 10,000 Birds that I was never to use the short…

If you’re a mom or dad, chances are that at some point you fantasized about the day your little one…