View From Sapsucker Woods: Let’s Turn the Red Dots Blue
[ad_1] Base map is from eBird Trends, where red dots indicate Chimney Swift population declines and blue dots (i.e., in New England) indicate increases. View the full eBird Trends map.…
Macaulay Library’s Best Bird Photos 2023
[ad_1] Birders added nearly 9 million photos to the Cornell Lab's Macaulay Library in 2022 alone. From bee-eaters to Bat Falcons, kingfishers to cockatoos, and loons to lorikeets, here are…
Environmental Protection Agency Denies Petition to Regulate Neonic-Treated Seeds
[ad_1] Grassland birds like Bobolinks have experienced sharp declines. Photo by Jackie Elmore/Macaulay Library. From the Winter 2023 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. In September the U.S. Environmental…
eBird Trends: Introducing the Ultimate Drill-Down Tool for Viewing Local Changes in Bird Populations
[ad_1] Rufous-collared Sparrow illustration by David Quinn/Birds of the World. From the Winter 2023 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. A new generation of eBird Trends maps, released in…
Bird Profile: American Tree Sparrow
[ad_1] Adapted from All About Birds December 22, 2022 American Tree Sparrow. Illustration by Bartels Science Illustrator Charlotte Holden. From the Winter 2023 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Though they breed where the…
New understanding of how woodpeckers hammer trees
[ad_1] One of the great pleasures of winter is listening for drumming woodpeckers. Their loud tattoos ringing out on a frigid, otherwise silent northern landscape fill me with hope that…
Union representing Audubon workers files charges against National Audubon Society
[ad_1] A year after workers at the National Audubon Society voted to unionize, the union representing them has filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over disputes involving…
Diving birds are more prone to extinction, says new study
[ad_1] Diving birds like penguins, puffins, and cormorants may be more prone to extinction than non-diving birds, according to a new study by the Milner Centre for Evolution at the…
Study looks at moments before a bird hits or avoids a window
[ad_1] Collisions with glass windows on buildings, transportation shelters, noise barriers and fences are a major source of bird mortality. Public awareness of bird-window collisions has grown in recent years,…
Fishing at Florida pier endangers Brown Pelicans, other coastal birds
[ad_1] Conservation groups sent a letter on December 15 urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act if Florida doesn’t swiftly rein in threats to protected…
