John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an American naturalist and essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States. He is reputed to have penned the poem, The Hermit Thrush, inspired by the ...
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Backyard bird count returns to nature preserve
Bird watchers are being invited to participate in an international four-day event celebrating birds of the world. The Great Backyard Bird Count is scheduled for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, Feb. 14, ...
Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive ...
Andrew Bird details how he created “Need Someone,” the first original song for The Pitt, and how it was designed to honor Louie’s death while preserving the show’s realism-driven storytelling approach ...
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s iconic rock anthem will live on forever, if only so the joke of yelling to play “Free Bird” at random artists and musicians can continue for eternity. The song, which came out in 1973 ...
Do select appropriate feeders and food. Different types of feeders attract different species of birds. Ground feeders like ...
It is important, I believe, to allow yourself to be dumb about certain things, to permit yourself to wallow in the hazy comfort of not always knowing, and possibly not ever knowing, what is what. I ...
If you’d like to participate in a global birdwatching event from the perch of your own choosing, try the upcoming Great Backyard Bird Count.
I regularly get some questions or photos sent to me for help in identifying a bird. There are some birds that offer a real challenge to identify. I’ll highlight a few that can be confusing. I think ...
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The brilliant and bizarre ways birds use their sense of smell – from natural cologne to pest control
Starlings and blue tits, meanwhile, use scent to seek out aromatic plants such as yarrow, hogweed and elder, which they weave ...
Travis Audubon’s February bird forecast highlights various wintering birds, including the Northern Pintail and Red-winged ...
Behavior can confirm the ID when color is seen only in flashes. Vermilion flycatchers often hunt from an exposed perch, flying out to snatch prey in midair, then dropping back to the same lookout.
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