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Endangered whales in a Boston shipping lane?
Listen to calls of right whales and find out how new "smart buoys" use the sounds to help prevent ships and whales from colliding.
Restoring Migratory Birds

President Bush speaks on bird conservation
Following recommendations from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and partners, the President announces a strategy for restoring North America's migratory birds
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Celebrate Urban Birds!
A wonderful spring activity! Learn how you can teach others about birds and gardening through science, the arts, and outdoor activities.
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Great Backyard Bird Count
Check out results and photos from this year's record-breaking count.
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The Oil Palm Dilemma, How Salmon Help Songbirds, Birding California's Central Coast, and more.
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Sounds of the Arctic
Share in the adventure and see stunning images as recordists from the Lab's Macaulay Library travel to Alaska and other locations to collect rare sound and video of birds.


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Close-out sale on bird slides!
Slides are $1 and slide sets are 50% off for a limited time only! Choose from hundreds of images. 
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Explorers reach the "Mountain of the Clouds"
En route to an isolated Peruvian mountaintop, young explorers report Sira Tanager and other surprises. 
Arctic Adventure
Sea of Sound
Lab's researchers record rare sounds beneath Arctic ice. 
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Aplomado Falcon at 55 m.p.h.
Hugh Powell comes to a screeching halt for a long-sought bird near the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. 
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Raptor rapture!
Learn about the Orange-breasted Falcon and the Lab's efforts to monitor populations of this rare and sparsely distributed species. 
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GBBC record breaker!
Participants broke an all-time record for most checklists submitted to the count. See the results. 
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New Lab educators guide
If you are a teacher planning a field trip, download this PDF file which provides guidelines for your visit to the Lab. 
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Rusty Blackbird sightings wanted
Help track the migration of this rapidly-declining species, April 1-7. 
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All About Birds
Information about more than 500 species, plus maps, sounds, and images--free! 
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Monday Night Seminar
December 8, "Birds of the High Arctic" by Martha Fischer (Cayuga Bird Club meeting) 
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Real science for real kids
The BirdSleuth curriculum brings science to life through inquiry-based bird study. 
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Spring Field Ornithology Now Enrolling
Join our popular course, including lectures by Dr. Stephen W. Kress and field trips in the Ithaca, New York area. 
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Where are the Rusty Blackbirds?
Their numbers have plummeted in recent decades. Report your sightings to eBird. 
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See and Hear Animal Sounds!
Free Raven Viewer Internet tool developed by the Lab's Macaulay Library wins national recognition. Try it! 
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Following birds at the ends of the earth
Cornell Lab of Ornithology scientist Irby Lovette explains what two radar studies reveal about migration across the Bering Strait and the Sahara Desert. 
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More Than 600 Birds in Your Hand!
Songs and calls from the Lab's archives power the new "Handheld Birds" PDA field guide with interactive tools. 
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eBird Trail Tracker
New, interactive, bird observation and information software for visitors' centers at parks and refuges. 
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The Birds of North America Online
18,000 pages of information on North America's breeding birds, now online! 
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Priority migrant species
Collect data for five priority species on their wintering and migratory routes for rangewide conservation plans. 


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