Like most North American birders, I never pay much mind to the European (Common) Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Sure, they’re always a dependable, can’t-miss tick...
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Producing a book about birds and nesting is a dangerous business. First of all, there is the cuteness factor. The truth is that there...
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I was flummoxed during a recent trip to Dallas as my company had changed our hotel and I had no idea where I was. Public...
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In the Kimberley region of Western Australia there are both the Red-browed Pardalote and the Striated Pardalote. They are often heard with their continuous...
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The swallows here in Montana have an admirable ability to assort themselves into nesting niches. Bank Swallows live in our many sandy banks. Tree...
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A friend of mine has this contraption called a Mosquito Magnet that uses carbon dioxide to attract and vacuum up mosquitoes from his yard....
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The nesting season is underway and people love to put up nest boxes. It seems an easy thing to do, you buy or make...
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Back in the 1980s, it became popular for biologists to consider plant secondary compounds in understanding inter-species relationships and other ecological matters. I was...
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