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Christian Cooper, Cattle Egrets, and Cinema
Author Christian Cooper is never not birding — even at the movies. For season 8 of the Bring Birds Back, Christian shares the story of a bird out of place in the 2006 film Apocalyp...
Marsh Voices at Sunrise
In marshes across the country, birds awaken on a summer morning. Tall dense grasses and reeds often make marsh birds hard to see, but their voices carry easily across the lush, gre...
Buzzy, Black and Yellow ... Birds!
Golden-cheeked Warblers, Black-throated Green Warblers, Townsend’s Warblers, and Hermit Warblers share similar songs and plumage. Though they all breed in different areas of North...
Yellow-billed Magpie
Yellow-billed Magpies are clever, colorful birds — and they’re only found in central California. Their hefty bodies are boldly patterned in black, white, and iridescent blue. Like...
Updated Birdsong Mnemonics for Donald Trump’s America
The ovenbird’s two-syllable, passionate cry can sound like “Tea-CHER! Tea-CHER! Tea-CHER!” increasing in volume with each repetition. Or was it “Ep-STEIN! Ep-STEIN! Ep-STEIN!”?
The Baltimore Oriole
Not all blackbirds are mostly black. This Baltimore Oriole is orange! The bird's common name is a nod to Sir George Calvert, First Lord of Baltimore, whose coat-of-arms carried a g...
Olive-sided Flycatcher
What a comfort it would be if every bird song were as easy to recognize — and remember — as that of this Olive-sided Flycatcher. Some people think it sounds like "quick-THREE-beers...
Voices and Vocabularies – Eastern Bluebirds
A male Eastern Bluebird stands on a wooden nestbox attached to a fence post. The bluebird’s song – and his alert presence - assert his claim to this territory. In the mid-20th Cent...
A Cuckoo Year
Earlier this year (Feb 18), I wrote about seeing my lifer Mangrove Cuckoo in Florida. That bird had eluded me for 18 years. It made me think that maybe this year, I could see all t...
The Common Nighthawk Is Your Gateway Bird to the Weird, Wonderful World of Nightjars
Peerrnt! The nasal cry is sharp enough to penetrate traffic noise on the streets below. Looking up from the sidewalk, we see the source: a pigeon-sized bird with long, angular wing...
Helmeted Guineafowl Sound the Alarm
Helmeted Guineafowl are known for moving in frantic flocks, often running and squawking about. In their native range – from Senegal to South Africa – these chicken-sized birds are...
These birds clap at night to flirt
"People tend to focus on birdsong, but there are many species making important sounds mechanically rather than vocally."
Spark Bird: Rickie Lee Jones and the Mourning Dove
Grammy-winning musician Rickie Lee Jones says her earliest memories are of sounds: running water, a bouncing ball, and the soft coos of Mourning Doves. In this episode, Rickie remi...
Roundup: Call of the Loon
Answer it with quirky, giftable picks inspired by our state’s signature bird.
Sagebrush Sparrow
A chill wind ruffles the feathers of a male Sagebrush Sparrow (formerly known as the Sage Sparrow), as he sings atop a tall sagebrush. It is late February, a few miles from the Col...
Are You Ready For 'The Birds' TV Adaption?
Deadline is reporting that after 63 years from the release of Alfred Hitchcock's terrifying 'The Birds," there is a new limited series being developed and starring the wonderful...
Roost: an app that sends messages at the speed of birdflight
Roost Social is an app that geolocates each user and slows transmission to the speed of bird flight. You start with a pigeon, but can add other species to your "rookery," thereby...
The Book of Birds by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
Written by Robert Macfarlane with illustrations by Jackie Morris, The Book of Birds is the spiritual successor to their project The Lost Words.
Baby Birds — Leave Them Alone
Just because a young bird appears to be alone – whether on the ground or squawking loudly from a bush or tree – doesn't necessarily mean it is sick or injured. In June, young birds...
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