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Page "BirdsEye" Guides You to the Birds  

Application helps bird watchers see more birds


 
Page Bird Watching Answer Book  

Author responds to real questions from real birders


 
Page Greetings Grab Attention with Surprising Sounds  

Fun new cards contain real bird songs and calls


 
chp_Maya_Lin_thumbnail2 Page New Maya Lin Work Highlights Extinction  

"What is Missing?" sculpture uses multimedia of endangered animals


 
Page Scientists to Investigate Impacts of Wind Energy on Migratory Wildlife  

Industry and conservation representatives set research priorities


 
Page Sort Images of Nesting Birds With CamClickr!  

Help scientists study breeding bird behavior


 
Page Great Backyard Bird Count Highlights Dynamic Changes
in Where the Birds Are
 

Bird watchers break record for fifth straight year


 
Page Take a Spring Break for Birds!  

Register now for annual Cornell Lab of Ornithology course


 
Page Got Nest Boxes?!  

Monitoring helps the Cornell Lab of Ornithology study climate change and nesting birds


 
Page Recording Nature's Sounds like a Pro  

Cornell Lab of Ornithology Course Taking Registrations Now


 
Page An Anytime, Anywhere Celebration of Nature in the City  

Simple citizen-science project reaches urbanites of all ages


 
Page Migration Celebration Spotlights Bird Habitat  

Cornell Lab of Ornithology hosts activities for families and bird watchers


 
Page A Quarter-Century of Birding for Conservation  

Cornell Lab of Ornithology team will compete for its 25th year


 
Page Famous Environmental Artist Creates “Sapsucker Cairn”  

Andy Goldsworthy sites latest work in Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary


 
Page New Project Spotlights Life in the Nest  

NestWatch project takes off, seeks participants


 
Page Great Backyard Bird Count Sets New Records  

Bird watchers flocked to annual winter survey


 
Page Bird Watchers Urgently Needed to Track Rusty Blackbirds  

Citizen scientists use eBird to monitor alarming drop in numbers


 
Page One Million Checklists for eBird—and Counting!  

Online birding program reaches major milestone


 
Page Of Birds and Bytes  

Avian Knowledge Network receives new grant from Leon Levy Foundation


 
Page Why are some groups of animals so diverse?  

Researchers take a look at Australia's most diverse vertebrates: skinks


 
Page Migration Celebration at Sapsucker Woods  

International Migratory Bird Day festival May 19


 
Page The Birdhouse Network: A Decade of Dedication  

Citizen scientists keep tabs on the lives of nesting birds


 
Page Celebrate Spring Birds!  

Spring Field Ornithology course returns for 30th season


 
Page The Mystery of the Disappearing Grosbeaks  

Bird lovers needed to help understand declines


 
Page Counting on Bird Counters in the Southwest  

Participants needed for 20th year of Project FeederWatch


 
Page Counting on Bird Counters in the Southeast  

Participants needed for 20th year of Project FeederWatch


 
Page Cornell Team Looking to Bounce Back in World Series of Birding  

Team Sapsucker raising funds for conservation


 
Page "Extreme" Bird Count's Fascinating Findings  

Record-breaking Great Backyard Bird Count results


 
Page What Avian Mysteries Await?  

The plot thickens for FeederWatchers


 
Page Freeloading Fledglings Mirror
Human Behavior
 

Study finds young male bluebirds reluctant to leave home


 
Page Ivory-bill Search featured on "60 Minutes"  

Tune in October 16, 2005 to see the ivory-bill rediscovery featured on the television show "60 Minutes."


 
chp_swallows Page Looks Count: Barn Swallows  

Even after they have paired with a male, female North American Barn Swallows still comparison-shop for sexual partners. And forget personality; the females judge males by their looks--the reddish color of the males' breast and belly feathers.


 
chp_ebirdlogo Page Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Audubon Launch New Version of eBird  

eBird 2.0 has a streamlined data entry process and a suite of new output tools


 
chp_thumbnail_Ivorybill Page Cornell researchers say double knocks may be 'soundprints' of ivory-bills  

Now you can hear it for yourself. After analyzing more than 18,000 hours of recordings from the swampy forests of eastern Arkansas, researchers at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University have released recordings offering further evidence -- including the legendary bird's distinctive double knock -- for the existence of the ivory-billed woodpecker, once thought extinct.


 
Fish and Wildlife Service logo Page Partners Establish Protocol to Report Sightings of Ivory-Billed Woodpecker  

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology announce the establishment of an e-mail address and associated web site to report sightings of the rediscovered Ivory-billed Woodpecker.


 
Fish and Wildlife Service logo Page Fish and Wildlife Service, Partners Announce Formation of Ivory-billed Woodpecker Recovery Team  

State fish and wildlife agencies, conservation organizations, and universities will participate in recovery effort covering the bird's historic range.


 
grailbird thumbnail Page New Book Tells Inside Story of Ivory-billed Woodpecker Rediscovery  

Author Tim Gallagher from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology shares the dramatic story of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in "The Grail Bird".


 
Page Long Thought Extinct, Ivory-billed Woodpecker Rediscovered in Big Woods of Arkansas  

Long believed to be extinct, a magnificent bird -- the ivory-billed woodpecker -- has been rediscovered in the Big Woods of eastern Arkansas. More than 60 years after the last confirmed sighting of the species in the United States, a research team announced on April 28, 2005 that at least one male ivory-bill still survives in vast areas of bottomland swamp forest.


 
chp_TBNowl Page Bird's-Eye View  


 
Project FeederWatch Page That "One in a Million Birder"  

There's suspence and anticipation: Who will be the one-millionth participant to file a checklist of birds seen at their feeders?


 
Birds of North America Page The Birds of North America Online  

The definitive reference on more than 700 species of North American birds has taken the leap into cyberspace. All 18,000 pages of the landmark series The Birds of North America are now online, accompanied by video footage, sound recordings, new image galleries, and more.


 
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"FeederWatchers" Track Birds in Unexpected Places  

Some might be surprised to find hummingbirds at feeders in the Southeast in winter, or robins and bluebirds at feeders in the North. "Common knowledge" puts these birds in warmer climates during the cold seasons. Thanks to the help of bird-feeding enthusiasts, researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology are learning that conventional wisdom is not always correct.


 
Page Families Find Valuable Science Education Tool in Project FeederWatch  

Project FeederWatch, a winter-long survey of birds that visit feeders in North America, serves as a perfect home school activity because participants learn to make careful observations and to identify birds they observe at their feeders. The project encourages independent study and stimulates children to ask questions about the natural world. The project fits easily into a home school curriculum and provides an endless source of wonder and enjoyment for parents and children.


 
 
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