Discoveries about birds, behaviors, migration, and more. Plus, Eldon Greij’s popular column, “Amazing Birds.”
The newly renamed Blue-throated Mountain-gem. Photographed in Arizona by Joe McDonald/Shutterstock
New film has an incredible animated look at Archaeopteryx. Read More “Exclusive video clip features birds’ evolution from dinosaurs”
The fly was already known to attack nestling finches. Now, we learn it’s an even bigger problem. Read More “Parasitic fly affects quality of song for Darwin’s finches”
Eldon Greij explains how the cleverly wired avian brain enables young birds to carry a tune. Read More “How birds learn to sing”
Researchers discovered that feathers arose about 100 million years before birds. Read More “New research: Feathers came before birds”
At least 3,150 birds are suspected to have died in the Bering Sea. Read More “Climate change suspected in mass die-off of puffins”
Committee considering splits of White-winged Scoter and Northern Fulmar and other changes. Read More “2019 North American checklist proposals”
The Ortolan Bunting is a 6-inch-long, beautiful songbird that breeds in Europe and Asia and winters in parts of Africa. Its unfortunate claim to fame, … Read More “Study: Ortolan Bunting hunting is unsustainable”
