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World Series results: Epic day of migration finds Cornell Lab teams at front...
Two members of Team Redhead went the extra mile and dyed their hair for the competition. Clockwise from left: Hope Batcheller, Brendan Fogarty, Jack Hruska, Eric Gulson, Ben Barkley.The Anti-Petrels in...
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A Tour of Australia’s Wet Tropics Endemics: Part Two [With Kookaburras!]
Laughing Kookaburras are bold birds with fantastical calls (listen below).The Blue-winged Kookaburra looks like a slightly insane Laughing Kookaburra.This Boyd's Forest Dragon is about the...
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Peek Into a Puffin Burrow in Iceland [sounds and video]
Puffins are great to watch in the sun—but how to watch them in their burrows?Most puffin colonies require a boat ride to an offshore island.At Vigur Island, hundreds of Black Guillemots greeted us on...
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New Swarovski Spotting Scopes Innovate for Birders and Digiscopers
On a recent trip to Hungary, science editor Gus Axelson got a chance to test out a new line of Swarovski Optik ATX spotting scopes, which were officially announced today. Although Gus was pretty new to...
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A New Generation of “Digital Ornithologists”
It was Friday morning in a forest of upstate New York, and Cornell undergraduates Hilary Yu and Jen Goforth had been craning their necks for half an hour, eyes glued on a well-hidden Scarlet Tanager...
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Dodging Dive-Bombers on an Island in Maine [slideshow]
A Herring Gull preens on Appledore Island.Appledore is home to the Shoals Marine Lab research station.Gull intern Brendan Fogarty dodges a protective Great Black-backed Gull.Taking a break from gulls,...
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Lecture and New Book Chronicle Epic Quest for Birds-of-Paradise
Thirty-nine of the most gorgeous, outlandish animals in the world—the birds-of-paradise—live only in New Guinea, associated islands, and adjacent tropical Australia. Though they’ve been known for...
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Great Backyard Bird Count 2012 Photo Winners
Second place, Overall: Wood Duck by Bob Howdeshell, Georgia.Fourth place, Overall: Eastern Bluebird by Glenda Simmons, Florida.Third place, Composition: Black-capped Chickadee by Michele Black,...
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What’s It Like to Find 264 Species in One Big Day? [video]
Related StoriesHere’s a Scout Week Peek at Our 2014 Big Day Route Through the SouthwestBirding by NightFast Forward Through a 264-Species Birding Big DayTeam Sapsucker Goes “Gigante” With 275 Species...
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Eleven Out of Twelve: a Tour of Australia’s Wet Tropics Endemics (Part 1)
Endemic #1: Macleay's Honeyeater. Photo by JJ Harrison.Endemic #2: Victoria's Riflebird, female. Photo by Kelson via Wikipedia.Endemic #2: Victoria's Riflebird, male. Photo by Kelson via...
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