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Your study of birds will lead to a greater acquaintance with the overall ecology of your landscape.

Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 9:30am Eastern

The Gentle Barn, which has locations in California, Missouri and Tennessee, hosts an annual “Gentle Thanksgiving,” offering visitors a chance to tour the farm, enjoy pie and hot cider, cuddle with the turkeys and feed them treats. Visitors are also encouraged to cuddle the birds even when it’s not Thanksgiving.

While many bird species are declining, many waterfowl populations are healthy thanks to conservation efforts by hunting groups.

For the first time, people around the world, including conservationists, can zoom in to within an 8-mile radius to see exactly where each of 586 bird species is increasing or decreasing – providing localized insights needed to restore rapidly declining bird populations and habitats.

A new data mapper that allows users to track bird migrations is a cache of ideas for journalists looking to illustrate the connections between birds, habitats and human activity. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox takes a (non-geeky) look at the Bird Migration Explorer, how to best use it and the range of story possibilities it may yield.

Rehabilitating owls is hard, dirty, expensive, heartbreaking and time-consuming work that is equally amazing and awe-inspiring - offering moments of joy, said Gwen Rice, who co-founded Freedom First ...

How datasets spanning decades and nature apps are expanding our ecological attention span into the long now

During the fall migration season, over 4 billion birds in North America pass over our heads while we are sound asleep. Scientists use a number of technologies to understand more about birds migratory patterns.

Rosamund Pojar