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Mark your calendars for Feb. 12 through Feb. 15, 2021. For those four days, people around the globe will go outside and count birds for the Great Backyard Bird Count

In Their Footsteps - Virtual Introduction to Backyard Owls   January 28, 2021 Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop has announced the next virtual “In Their Footsteps” free speaker series event. An “Introduction to Backyard Owls” with Barbara Linnett will be on http://www.youtube.com/user/Lewisandclarknhp at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Sunday, February 14. This presentation is part of the February 12-15 worldwide Great Backyard Bird Count activities. Owls are amazing bird...

One of the lovely things about winter is it pulls back the curtain on nature.

The latest Royal Cam egg was laid on November 7, and its parents, LGK and LGL, had been taking turns to keep it warm while the other spent up to two weeks at sea feeding. It is the third time LGK and LGL – named for the colours of the bands on their legs –have attempted to breed since their courtship began in 2017. Sharyn Broni/DOC The Royal Cam chick in an incubator before it fully hatches. The couple were the focus of the Royal Cam during the 2019 season, when they successfully raised...

January 26, 2021 Ian Owens, a distinguished evolutionary biologist and currently the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s deputy director, has been named the next executive director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Owens will take the helm of the 106-year-old institution on July 1. He will also hold an appointment as professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). Ian Owens Owens will succeed John Fitzpatri...

" A male (the bright red bird) and female cardinal go a-courtin. Male and female cardinals each have their own separate songs. Gary Carter/Getty Images Many bird-watchers (and bird-listeners) believe that a singing bird must be a male bird. But thats not true. And that misconception can have a lot of serious consequences. Two ornithologists (scientists who study birds) recently put out a call to action for scientists and laypeople alike to pay more attention to the singing habits of female ...

Ask Maine Audubon: Know when you are too close to that snowy owl Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox. Share A rare snowy owl sits on a chimney in Biddeford Pool shortly after sunrise in late December. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer Hi! I’m a resident in Fortunes Rocks (in Biddeford), and I’m really worried about the snowy owls. The past few weeks there’s been a huge spike of people coming to take pictures of them. Recently I s...

Cities can help migrating birds on their way by planting more trees and turning lights off at night 19 Jan, 2021 Editor’s note: Kyle Horton, assistant professor of fish, wildlife, and conservation biology at Colorado State University, contributed to this article for The Conversation by author Frank La Sorte, research associate at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in January 2021. Colorado State is a contributing institution to The Conversation, an independent collaboration between editors ...

Reply The Audubon Societys Great Backyard Bird Count begins Feb. 12. Heres how you can participate in Mooresville. (Shutterstock) MOORESVILLE, NC — Bird lovers near Mooresville will soon have an opportunity to contribute to what is known about global bird populations. The annual Great Backyard Bird Count returns this year for four days in February. "Over these four days we invite people to spend time in their favorite places watching and counting as many birds as they can find and reporting t...

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