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Art Exhibition that runs from April 17th - August 7th. A site-specific photographic installation with immersive sound and fabrics, with accompanying works on paper. This recent work is a gathering of several female bird calls woven together — referencing the iconic Persian poem from 1177 — The Conference of the Birds and the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote. This Epic poem, in which the birds of the world unite to seek out the truth and...

Birds by the Billions: A Guide to Spring’s Avian Parade For birders across the United States, it’s a rite of spring: heading out to woodlands and waterways to track down a favorite warbler, vireo, tanager or other bird, many of them migratory. An Eastern bluebird at the Greenwich Audubon Center in Greenwich, Conn. Eastern bluebirds are found in the East and Midwest; at the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin, for instance, sightings of them spike beginning in late April.Cred...

House finch population unlikely to recover from eye disease, say researchers Today 5:15 AM Facebook Share While the house finch remains one of the 10 most common backyard birds in the U.S., its population of millions has been cut in half by house finch eye disease over the past 25 years and likely will not recover. Researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology came to that conclusion based on data compiled by Project FeederWatch participants in eight Northeastern states, including Pennsylvan...

One of the worlds largest citizen-science efforts, the Cornell Lab of Ornithologys eBird, is now helping the federal government streamline and refine its process for assessing eagle populations and informing eagle management.

Ramesh Ponnuru and David Beckworth recently took to the New York Times op/ed page to clip the wings of inflation hawks. I certainly have no problem with ruffling the feathers .04/14/2021 19:26:34PM EST.

2 hours ago Wind energy is surging in the United States. In 2020, turbines generated about 8 percent of the country’s electricity — roughly 50 times the share of wind-generated electricity in 2000 —according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. While the growth is a positive step toward curbing climate change, scientists say, it could be bad news for birds. An estimated 140,000 to 500,000 birds die each year due to turbine collisions. Bird deaths could soar to 1.4 million per ye...

>> Christine Hauser, The New York Times Published: 11 Apr 2021 08:32 AM BdST Updated: 11 Apr 2021 08:32 AM BdST A handout photo shows a cardinal that died after flying into a building in Philadelphia in October, 2020. Buildings, landmarks and monuments are turning off lights to prevent fatal impacts as birds set off on spring migration. The New York Times A handout photo shows birds that died after flying into buildings in Philadelphia in October, 2020. Buildings, landmarks and monuments ar...

Maya Lins "Ghost Forest" Installation Brings Dead Trees From Pine Barrens To Madison Square Park arrow "Ghost Forest" in Madison Square Park Scott Lynch/Gothamist Designer and architect Maya Lin is getting ready to unveil a new art project in May called "Ghost Forest," a tree installation about the effects of climate change in Madison Square Park. The piece, which was originally planned for summer 2020, will now be open to the public from May 10th through November 14th, ...

Turn the Lights Out. Here Come the Birds. Buildings, landmarks and monuments are turning off lights to prevent fatal impacts as birds set off on spring migration. Each year, about 365 million to one billion birds die by smacking into reflective or transparent windows. Credit...Matt Slocum/Associated Press April 10, 2021, 8:00 a.m. ET Dozens of American cities are being transformed this spring, enveloped in darkness as the lights that usually brighten up their skylines are turned off at night to...

Bruce LePard | National Audubon Society A bird strike survey determined that this Galveston buildings normal evening illumination (left) posed a danger to migrating birds. Owners agreed to adjust their lighting (right). The Bexar Audubon Society needs volunteers to identify lighted downtown buildings that may be related to fatal bird strikes at night. The activity is part of its "Lights Out Texas" project. Volunteers will fan out across the downtown area from Monday, April 19, through Frida...