Science

Around 2,200 observers will conduct surveys on nearly 3,300 routes this spring. Read More “Breeding Bird Survey returns in 2021”

New studies show the population of eagles in the lower 48 states has quadrupled since 2009 and the source of an eagle-killing disease has been identified. Read More “Bald Eagle population soars, disease source identified”

Some Snowies are nomadic in winter while others stay in one place, tracking study shows. Read More “Study: Wintering Snowy Owls vary movements depending on habitat”

Collision risk appears to be small, but turbine presence may affect stopover habitat. Read More “Study: Whooping Cranes steer clear of wind turbines”

Climate change likely to impact Peregrines’ future migratory behaviors, researchers say. Read More “Evidence found for a ‘migration gene’ in birds”

Its sky dancing courtship display is just one of the incredible behaviors of this shorebird that’s found in the woods. Read More “The amazing American Woodcock”

The species was known only from a specimen collected more than 170 years ago. Read More “Long-lost Black-browed Babbler rediscovered on Borneo”

Researchers looked at brains of pigeons and owls and behaviors of crows. Read More “Studies suggest some birds exhibit consciousness”

Birds in the Adirondacks were more sensitive to sprawl than those in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Read More “Rural sprawl affects birds differently in different locations”