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The spotted towhees are pissed. Instead of filling their birdbath promptly this morning, my husband and I made pancakes. I sip tea and watch them rampage through the mulch, raking bits of bark into the air with their tiny golden dinosaur feet. If I don’t act soon, they will move to the flowerpots and dig up any seedlings they find, in protest of our sloth. A pair of big fat robins look on, hopping around the trunks of the pine trees, their white-framed eyes comically indignant above their puf...

3:23 Holy smokes! Once again, our summer has become a smoke-filled world we’re warned against breathing. I often wonder how our feathered friends are weathering the pall. About a year ago, a mass die-off of songbirds was witnessed over parts of the southwest tentatively attributed to the historic wildfires across California, Oregon and Washington, which may have forced birds to rush their migration. But scientists do not know for sure– in part because nobody knows precisely how wildfire smo...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Ethan Linck, a postdoctoral fellow in biology at UNM, looks for birds from Deception Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains earlier this month. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – A community science project is unfolding on the mountain slopes above Al...

Courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation Peregrines are well suited to city living, and seven pairs have been documented in the Kansas City area. As the pandemic increases outdoor activities, birdwatchings popularity is increasing. National birding organizations saw interest soar throughout 2020. The Audubon Society reported a 23% spike in website traffic at the start of the pandemic and the number of people using The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird app jumped nearly 40% in 20...

Public urged to stop using birdfeeders, birdbaths after mystery illness Mysterious illness affecting birds in certain parts of country Share Updated: 7:50 PM EDT Jul 15, 2021 Mysterious illness affecting birds in certain parts of country Share Updated: 7:50 PM EDT Jul 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript REPORTER: UNTIL OFFICIALS KNOW WHATS CAUNGSI THE SICKNESS AND WHAT THE SICKNESS IS, MASSACHUSETTS IS ADVISING ALL ITS RESIDENTS TO TAKE DOWN THEIR BIRD FEEDERS AN...

Listen to the birds for a change There are three billion fewer than there used to be Creative Commons A Carolina wren relentlessly sings its singsong song in the bushes near our house. I haven’t seen one since the trees leafed out, but I hear them every day. Catbirds are back, mewing and mimicking the patois of other songbirds. They sound like they’ve had one too many. Red-shouldered hawks screech across our hayfield most mornings, staking their claim to our property. They make a high-pitch...

As smoky air becomes more common during Washington’s wildfire season, many wildlife enthusiasts wonder: What happens to the birds? Few studies have looked at wildfire smoke impacts on animals, let alone birds. And as Washington and the larger West Coast continue to experience more massive wildfires and smoke-filled air, understanding how birds are affected by smoke — and how air pollution may influence our ability to detect birds — are important factors for bird conservation. Researchers ...

WILMNGTON — Lincoln E. Roberts, 93, passed away peacefully Saturday, June 19, 2021. Lincoln was born in Washington, D.C., as one of eight children. Upon turning 18, he joined the U.S. Navy to serve his country in World War II before attending George Washington University (GWU). He graduated from the GWU School of Engineering in 1953 and began his lifelong career as a mechanical engineer. Lincoln was a very accomplished in his work and received recognition for holding over 25 U.S. patents, mos...

Birders happily hike all day just for the rush of a thrush The Bicknells thrush was a star at Rangeleys birding festival earlier this month, and may become a future star at Saddleback ski area. Share Nora Cochrane, left, of Biddeford and Jeanne Tucker, right, of Kingfield search with other birders for a Bicknell’s thrush on  June 12 on Saddleback Mountain  Deirdre Fleming photo A 67-year-old birder from Texas traveling on a two-month birding junket also was uncertain. A woman three month...

2Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Oban, United Kingdom This study compares the noise levels at the cold-water coral Tisler reef, before and after the closure of the border between Norway and Sweden, which occurred as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Tisler reef is a marine protected area located under a ferry “highway” that connects Norway and Sweden. Cold-water coral reefs are recognised as being important hotspots of both biodiversity and biomass, they function...