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Enjoy your redpoll ticks while they last

June 14, 2015 by David 2 Comments
All the world’s redpolls probably represent a single species, and...
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Manhattan’s first nesting Common Ravens

June 10, 2015 by David 6 Comments
Common Ravens have, it seems, finally nested in Manhattan, the...
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NYC mystery warbler: Odd Blackpoll, hybrid, or Carbonated Warbler?

May 17, 2015 by David 3 Comments
It was birdy this morning on the banks of the...
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The origins of tanagers, warblers, and sparrows are coming into focus

January 25, 2015 by David 6 Comments
A new paper out this month attempts to paint the...
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Purple Swamphen: Supertramp or superspecies?

December 28, 2014 by David 5 Comments
The colorful Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) lives in wetlands from...
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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

December 21, 2014 by David 9 Comments
The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came...
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Save the Painted Bunting, y’all: Keep wonder alive

November 30, 2014 by David 15 Comments
Everyone, the Painted Bunting needs your help. There’s a new...
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314 U.S. Bird Species Threatened — Many with Extinction — by Global Warming

September 10, 2014 by David 2 Comments
In June, I visited North Dakota for the first time....
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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

September 7, 2014 by David 2 Comments
The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) — that towering icon of modern...
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All about alcids: Extravagant divers of northern oceans

August 10, 2014 by David 7 Comments
Across the world’s northern oceans, 24 species of auklets, murres,...
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