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Childhood passes in the blink of an eye and before you know it'll be too late to do so many of the things you wanted to do ...
Strong southwest winds on Monday and Tuesday nights prompted high alerts from Birdcast for intense nocturnal bird migration in eastern Massachusetts. Sure enough, we experienced many newly ...
A male Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) singing a territorial song. 36,953 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?36,953 people played the daily ...
The birds are now looking extra snazzy—bright and glossy, dressed to impress in their breeding plumage. Colorful, shiny feathers can signal good health to potential mates. And birdsong is once ...
National Go Birding Day is Saturday, April 26, and since it’s spring and birds are busy singing and building nests, Oregonians who enjoy observing and identifying wild birds will mostly likely ...
Early results have been extremely encouraging, demonstrating that the enhanced stability of the OCG-Data™ platform is crucial to the accuracy of bird tracking measurements. The MERLIN radar data ...
Results are placed on eBird (an online bird reporting tool) or Merlin (a smartphone bird identification app) checklists. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The event is held ...
When you have a bird feeder but no birds, it makes sense to change the birdseed blend or the feeder type. Bird baths can be the same way! If your bird bath has been sitting unused in your yard, the ...
The free app Merlin Bird ID from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology does both. Also free, the Audubon Bird Guide app from the nonprofit conservation group uses visual input to identify birds and ...
Last night (April 20) CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes took an in-depth look at avian influenza, bird flu, which is so lethal in poultry that it’s killed more than 160 million birds and driven egg prices ...
Sandhill cranes, red-faced cormorants, emperor geese, and bristle-thighed curlews. The list of birds that live in or migrate to Alaska’s wetlands, coastal areas, and public lands, such as national ...
From the carved amphitheater at Cedar Breaks National Monument to the sandy trails in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Southern Utah supports a variety of species, offering locals abundant ...