‘Talkin’ Birds’ to air 900th episode on Sunday
[ad_1] Congratulations to our friends at “Talkin’ Birds,” a radio show and podcast about birds and conservation that will air its 900th show this Sunday, September 11. Created and hosted…
Audubon launches cutting-edge migratory bird resource
[ad_1] Today, the National Audubon Society is launching an interactive, free digital platform that combines bird distribution and migration maps with conservation data for 458 species of migratory birds. It’s…
Third Annual Black Birders Week Soars To Greater Heights
[ad_1] Adé Ben Salahuddin is a co-organizer of Black Birders Week 2022. He provided us with this reflection on the events of the week. Barely seven days before the start…
Insecticides: A Primer on the Main Types
[ad_1] Canola seeds coated in neonicotinoid pesticides. Photo courtesy Christy Morrissey. This short article is a sidebar to our main story on neonicotinoid pesticides and their effects on birds. Pesticide,…
On Pesticides, EPA to Finally (Partly) Follow the Endangered Species Act
[ad_1] This short article is a sidebar to our main story on neonicotinoid pesticides and their effects on birds. Under the 1973 federal Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
Sizing Up the World’s Birds with AVONET
[ad_1] The AVONET database makes available detailed body measurements for nearly all the world’s bird species. Illustration by Jillian Ditner. From the Summer 2022 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Where does evolution happen…
Neonic Nation: Is Widespread Pesticide Use Connected to Grassland Bird Declines?
[ad_1] Neonicotinoids are America's most used class of pesticides, found in the vast majority of the nation's corn crop and nearly half of soybeans. Given such pervasive use, their effects…
Unraveling a Mummy Bird Mystery
[ad_1] African Sacred Ibis by Mike Marin/Macaulay Library. From the Summer 2022 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Over the last several months, a certain bird, believed to be an African Sacred Ibis, has…
Everybody Likes Bobwhite. Is That Enough to Save Them?
[ad_1] Northern Bobwhite by Chad Hutchinson/Macaulay Library. From the Summer 2022 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. In early March, 1,350 members of the Park Cities Quail Coalition flooded Armstrong Field House on the…
Gallery: Euphony with a Black-capped Chickadee
[ad_1] Artwork by Steven Spazuk; Text by Gustave Axelson June 27, 2022 From the Summer 2022 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. French-Canadian artist Steven Spazuk uses a unique technique for creating his art—fumage,…
