• Winter Birding in Bonn

    Updated: 2024-01-27 00:00:00
    Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Winter Birding in Bonn January 27, 2024 by Luca No Comments As my parents live in Bonn in Germany , I have been birding a few times in some spots surrounding the city when visiting them over the last few years , including the Siegaue riverine and grassy habitats and the Siebengebirge mainly forest Having recently started an internship in Bonn , I hoped to have some more time to explore the surroundings for some birding opportunities . Unfortunately , the internship turned out to be more busy than expected and so far , I have not been able to explore any new areas . However , I occasionally had the chance to take a walk in the quite Rheinaue park , a

  • A New Plan for Offshore Wind Research Will Help Prioritize Seabirds and Other Wildlife

    Updated: 2024-01-26 01:57:37
    Today the Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind (RWSC) released a historic research plan that sets priorities for all stakeholders to fully avoid, minimize, and mitigate any harms...

  • 2024 National Audubon Society Annual Meeting

    Updated: 2024-01-25 08:32:23
    The 2024 National Audubon Society Annual Meeting of Members will take place on Thursday, February 22, 2024, from 4:30 to 5 PM EST in the Sequoia Conference Room located at 1828 L Street NW...

  • Flock Together for the Great Backyard Bird Count

    Updated: 2024-01-24 03:46:53
    New York, NY, Ithaca, NY, and Port Rowan, ON—Fun for one becomes multiplied when birders join forces for the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). Participating with friends, family, or a...

  • New Audubon Study Will Guide Bird Habitat Restoration in Colorado River Delta

    Updated: 2024-01-24 01:46:48
    COLORADO RIVER DELTA, MEXICO—A new tool will better support habitat in the Colorado River Delta through identifying key areas for restoration, according to a new study published in the Journal of...

  • Birds aren’t real – The Black-tailed Trogon

    Updated: 2024-01-24 00:00:00
    Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Birds Birds aren’t real The Black-tailed Trogon January 24, 2024 by Aleksandar 1 Comment I recently found out that on this planet of ours there exist people , actual living , walking , breathing people , who claim that birds are robotic drones used by the governments around the world for the purpose of espionage . Those are most likely the same individuals who believe that Australia doesn†t . exist Now , let†s distance ourselves from reality for just a moment and consider this ridiculous conspiracy theory to be remotely possible . In that case , I think I can guess the perfect candidate that gave birth to such a ludicrous idea : the Trogons . And who

  • Vacancy

    Updated: 2024-01-23 11:42:06
    Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Blogging Vacancy January 23, 2024 by Kai Pflug No Comments A lot of art created via AI is truly awful see the example above . I used a free version of Hotpot they want the work to be attributed to their company , but frankly , I am not sure this will drive up their . sales Anyway , the reason for showing this is to indicate that 10,000 Birds is still looking for writers There is no pay , but the upside of this is that we cannot cut your pay either . So , think about it and contact us if you are . interested By the way , the prompt I used was a colorful but realistic bird , photography style , sitting on a sign that says vacancy'” . So , I would not be

  • Science to Help Birds and Reduce Costs in the Colorado River Delta

    Updated: 2024-01-23 03:11:23
    For more than a decade, Raise the River—a binational coalition of NGOs that includes Audubon —has been restoring habitat in the Colorado River Delta. A new publication shows how additional...

  • Audubon Certifies Cheyenne River Buffalo Ranch, Home of Wild Idea Buffalo Co., as Bird-Friendly Habitat

    Updated: 2024-01-23 00:32:39
    Rapid City, S.D. (January 22, 2024) — The National Audubon Society proudly announces that Cheyenne River Buffalo Ranch, owned by renowned wildlife biologist Dan O'Brien and his family and the home...

  • Seal River Watershed Alliance and Canadian Governments Sign Historic Agreement to Protect a Vitally Important Watershed in Manitoba

    Updated: 2024-01-19 03:47:21
    January 18, 2024—Today, the Seal River Watershed Alliance signed an agreement with the Government of Canada and the Manitoba government that will pave the way for establishing one of the largest...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Washington, D.C. and Virginia

    Updated: 2024-01-19 02:43:54
    Audubon’s special pandemic protocols for conducting CBCs remained in effect for the 2022-2023 Christmas Bird Count (CBC) season. Fifty-four counts were conducted in the Virginia and Washington DC...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Montana

    Updated: 2024-01-19 02:13:00
    Total Counts Run, Total Species Found, and Number of Participants Montana’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC) this season (#123) totaled 31 of 36 potential count circles, which was similar to the...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Minnesota

    Updated: 2024-01-19 02:09:08
    Despite horrible weather, the 123rd Audubon Christmas Bird Count (2022-2023 season) for Minnesota gathered a record number of participants who went out and found birds to count. The total number of...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in South Carolina

    Updated: 2024-01-19 01:35:09
    This is my first year as regional editor for the state. I am taking over this role from Dennis Forsythe, who has been our state’s regional editor since the 109th Christmas Bird Count in 2009. I...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Oregon

    Updated: 2024-01-19 01:35:09
    This was the "winter of the warblers" for Oregon CBCs, with 13 species discovered. The usual "hardy" wintering species, Townsend's and Yellow-rumped warbler, were both found in better than average...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Ohio

    Updated: 2024-01-19 01:35:09
    Welcome to a review of Ohio’s participation in the 123rd National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count. We have historical data for a total of 74 Ohio Christmas Bird Counts. During the 2022-2023...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in New England

    Updated: 2024-01-19 01:35:08
    Gradually there was a return to normalcy during the CBC season this season as more and more bird-counters increasingly felt comfortable participating in the CBC without wearing masks or feeling...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Nevada

    Updated: 2024-01-19 01:35:08
    After a prolonged drought, this winter’s snow and rain in the Great Basin were needed to replenish lakes and groundwater but posed some challenges for counts. Minden had to be canceled when rain...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in North Carolina

    Updated: 2024-01-19 01:35:08
    The 123rd CBC in North Carolina consisted of 54 counts, with two (Holly Shelter and Morehead City) not being run. The weather this season was close to average in temperature and precipitation. There...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Michigan

    Updated: 2024-01-19 01:35:08
    This summary is dedicated to the memories of former Christmas Bird Count (CBC) regional editor Raymond J. “Ray” Adams Jr. (1945-2022) and long-time compilers Frank Apsey (1949-2022; Sturgeon...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Kentucky

    Updated: 2024-01-19 01:35:07
    Forty Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs) were conducted this year in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, including a new CBC in Willisburg. A total of 138 species was recorded; two more than last year, though...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Iowa

    Updated: 2024-01-19 01:35:07
    The 2022-2023 CBC included 35 Iowa counts reporting to Audubon. The state experienced above average precipitation and below average temperatures during December.  Temperatures fluctuated widely...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Indiana

    Updated: 2024-01-19 01:35:07
    The results of the 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Indiana were, in many ways, quite pedestrian; it was a season of relatively few rarities or record high counts.  However, in terms of monitoring bird...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Illinois

    Updated: 2024-01-19 01:35:07
    Illinois experienced a cold count season this year, with only eight counts reaching over 50 degrees, and nearly half failed to reach the freezing mark. Overall, 33.5 was the average high and 24 for...

  • The 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands

    Updated: 2024-01-19 01:35:06
    As everywhere in the country, the previous two CBCs for the Hawai`i and Pacific regions were conducted with a mind for avoiding Covid-19.  This year, restrictions had eased up appreciably, so that...

  • An Eye for Beauty: Remembering Tom Johnson

    Updated: 2024-01-05 02:36:25
    From the Winter 2024 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. In July 2023, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology community lost a dear friend and colleague when Tom Johnson passed... Read more »

  • A Third of American Adults Are Birdwatchers, According to Nationwide Survey

    Updated: 2024-01-05 02:34:40
    From the Winter 2024 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Around 96 million people in the U.S. closely observed, fed, or photographed birds; visited public parks to view birds;... Read more »

  • Tinder for Akikiki

    Updated: 2024-01-05 02:22:23
    From the Winter 2024 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. This story was adapted from a post on TWS Wildlife News, published by The Wildlife Society. A study model... Read more »

  • Endangered Willow Flycatchers in San Diego Are Adapting to Climate Change

    Updated: 2024-01-05 02:21:19
    From the Winter 2024 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Recent research has uncovered an endangered Willow Flycatcher population’s ability to undergo genetic change in order to adapt to... Read more »

  • New Migration Maps Help Birders and Scientists Find Their Sister Cities

    Updated: 2024-01-05 02:07:07
    A new set of data-visualization tools called eBird Shared Stewardship Maps are feeding the growing momentum toward life-cycle conservation for migratory birds.

  • Who Wins at the Bird Feeder—the Lone Wolf or the Social Butterfly?

    Updated: 2024-01-05 02:05:41
    Five years after an illuminating study on bird-feeder dominance hierarchies, a new crop of research is delving into what causes conflicts at the seed station.

  • Macaulay Library’s Best Bird Photos 2024

    Updated: 2024-01-05 02:02:43
    There are more than 50 million photos in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library archive. Here are some of the best from the past year.

  • A Fifth of All Bird Species Occur in Cities. Could Urban Living Be Made Easier?

    Updated: 2024-01-05 01:59:29
    Scientists studying birds in urban areas are finding some unique evolutionary adaptations to city life—and they say it’s time for cities in turn to make some adaptations for birds.

  • To Catch Voles Under the Snow, Great Gray Owls Must Overcome an Acoustic Mirage

    Updated: 2024-01-05 01:57:12
    New research into the weird ways snow distorts sound offers new hints about the extraordinary hunting strategies of a winter phantom—the Great Gray Owl.

  • Living Bird Winter 2024—Table Of Contents

    Updated: 2024-01-05 01:55:30
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