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A photo angled from above of a small white bird and a white egg in a nest of twigs.
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Harpy Eagles Concentrate Precious Nutrients in the Amazon

Adityarup Chakravorty, freelance science writer by Adityarup Chakravorty 10 May 202325 May 2023

Amazon soils are usually low in the nutrients that plants covet, but harpy eagles can create local hot spots with their poop and prey.

Two small tree swallows peek out of a nest box hanging in a tree.
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Climate Extremes Threaten California’s Central Valley Songbirds

by J. Besl 16 February 202316 February 2023

A “nestbox highway” in California’s Central Valley is guiding songbirds to safe nesting sites and giving scientists a peek at fledgling success in a changing climate.

Flooding during June 2011 on the Missouri River floodplain near Arrow Rock, Mo.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Missouri River Floodplain Expansion, Services, and Resiliency

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 28 July 202221 September 2022

Benefits might accrue for both wildlife and climate resiliency if more floodplains along the lower Missouri River were allowed to flood.

Ben Freeman holding a collared trogon in Peru.
Posted inFeatures

Benjamin Freeman: Slowing Birds’ “Escalator to Extinction”

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 25 July 202225 July 2022

From Bolivia to Peru, Freeman researches how a warming world affects tropical birds.

A Eurasian reed warbler carrying an insect in its beak
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Magnetic Stop Signs Show Birds the Way Home

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 14 February 202214 February 2022

Just like salmon and sea turtles, these songbirds appear to be sensitive to shifts in the magnetic field.

Birds flying over a city at dawn
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Bright Lights, Big Cities Attract Migratory Birds

by Brian Phan 14 December 202127 March 2023

The first stopover site map for U.S. migratory birds reveals the attraction of urban light pollution.

Four cormorants stand atop a channel marker.
Posted inScience Updates

Cormorants Are Helping Characterize Coastal Ocean Environments

by R. A. Orben, A. G. Peck-Richardson, G. Wilson, D. Ardağ and J. A. Lerczak 23 September 202111 July 2023

The Cormorant Oceanography Project is using sensors deployed on diving marine birds to collect broadly distributed oceanographic data in coastal regions around the world.

Researchers discovered a correlation between a mass bird die-off and wildfires.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mass Bird Die-Off Linked to Wildfires and Toxic Gases

Joshua Learn, Science Writer by Joshua Rapp Learn 26 March 202118 October 2021

Using observations from crowdsourced science and weather location data, researchers concluded that wildfires caused a mass die-off of birds in the western and central United States in 2020.

A white-crowned sparrow sings while perched on a branch
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Birds Sang a New Song During the Pandemic

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 5 November 20208 September 2022

White-crowned sparrows in the San Francisco Bay Area sang differently during California’s COVID-19-induced shutdown, recordings have revealed.

Two crimson-fronted cardinals perch on a leafy branch.
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Birds Are Getting Caged In at Brazil’s Savanna

by Meghie Rodrigues 11 August 202019 October 2022

Deforestation and climate change threaten life in the Cerrado. A new study shows how few places there are left to go.

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