April 17, 2013 – 10:38 am
Living Bird editor Tim Gallagher’s newest book, Imperial Dreams, hit bookstores on Tuesday with its tales of exploring Mexico’s Sierra Madre in pursuit of the largest woodpecker that ever lived. The book has received some great reviews, and Tim will appear on the Diane Rehm show on Thursday, April 25, 2013, to discuss it. Here’s a [...]
December 4, 2012 – 2:58 pm
To a computer, it’s just a complex combination of ones and zeros. Decoded for our ears, it becomes wondrous sound—a symphony, or the song of a lark. Thanks to digital technology, recordings of bird, insect, mammal, fish, and amphibian voices in the Lab’s Macaulay Library will last virtually forever. It’s taken more than 12 years, [...]
Studying puffins in Iceland, where the birds are numerous but also vulnerable to changes in climate and oceans, is important work—but it doesn’t always look like it. Researchers like Erpur Hansen who want to know how the breeding season is going have to figure out how to look inside puffin nests dug into the ground. [...]
By Hugh
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Posted in Birds, ecology, field reports, science, slideshow, sounds, travel, video
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Also tagged Atlantic Puffin, birding, Birds, birdwatching, fieldwork, Iceland, photos, sound recording, sounds, video
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I’m spending 10 days in Iceland to learn about research on Atlantic Puffins. My host is Erpur Hansen, an Icelandic biologist who has been studying puffins here since 2007. He visits most of the country´s large puffin colonies twice each year to assess their breeding success. And that’s no small task, as nearly half of [...]
By Hugh
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Posted in Birds, ecology, field reports, slideshow, travel
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Also tagged birding, Birds, birdwatching, Erpur Hansen, fieldwork, Iceland, puffins, sightings
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This is Part Two of a post about searching for the 12 endemic birds of northeast Queensland’s Wet Tropics World Heritage Reserve, with the help of many of the region’s wonderful guides and lodges. Part One of the story is here. Part Two introduces six endemic species not mentioned in Part One: Grey-headed Robin, Bridled Honeyeater, Bower’s [...]
By Hugh
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Posted in Birds, field reports, slideshow, sounds, travel
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Also tagged Australia, birding, Birds, birdwatching, Del Richards, endemics, Kingfisher Park, photos, sightings, sound, tropical fieldwork
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This is Part 1 of an account—for any of you who love tales of unusual birds in unusual places—of a recent trip to Australia’s Wet Tropics region near Cairns, Queensland. In this Part we will discuss: Macleay’s Honeyeater, Victoria’s Riflebird, Pied Monarch, Golden Bowerbird, Tooth-billed Bowerbird, and the abominable Fernwren. Read Part Two here. Birders love [...]
By Hugh
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Posted in Birds, field reports, slideshow, sounds, travel, Uncategorized
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Also tagged Australia, birding, Birds, birdwatching, Far Northern Queensland, Fernwren, Golden Bowerbird, Macleay's Honeyeater, photos, Pied Monarch, sound, Tooth-billed Bowerbird, tropics, Victoria's Riflebird, Wet Tropics
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February 29, 2012 – 3:36 pm
Sarah MacLean didn’t know a lot about falcons when she entered an art contest sponsored by the Third International Festival of Falconry last year. All that changed when she was selected as a finalist and won a 10-day trip to the United Arab Emirates to attend the festival in December. During the trip she met [...]
December 14, 2011 – 4:06 pm
In addition to our suggestions for 12 gifts that give back, there’s a gorgeous new book on the shelves called Science on Ice, by Chris Linder. It’s the story of four scientific expeditions to the polar regions—and the video above previews the first chapter, on the life of Antarctica’s Adelie Penguins. In addition to Linder’s [...]
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Posted in Antarctica, Birds, products, travel, Uncategorized
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Also tagged Adelie Penguin, Antarctica, arctic, Birds, birdwatching, Chris Linder, fieldwork, penguins, science, video
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October 26, 2011 – 3:56 pm
It’s not every day you get a chance to look back in time at a bird that probably no longer exists. But Cornell Lab of Ornithology scientists were able to do that with the spectacular Imperial Woodpecker of Mexico, when researcher Martjan Lammertink tracked down the only known film footage ever taken of this raven-sized [...]
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Posted in Birds, conservation, Uncategorized
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Also tagged birding, Birds, birdwatching, Campephilus imperialis, conservation, endangered species, fieldwork, Imperial Woodpecker, Martjan Lammertink, Tim Gallagher, video
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October 13, 2011 – 11:39 pm
Yesterday we suggested a few good books about birding (and got many more from commenters and Facebook fans—thanks!). But you can’t read all the time—so here are a few moments of video to immerse you in the color, sound, behavior, and diversity of birds. These first five are our own multimedia productions (see more at [...]
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Posted in Birds, Looks, sounds, Uncategorized
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Also tagged BBC, Big Day, big year, birding, Birds, birdwatching, Common Loon, David Attenborough, duck, eider, falcon, hawk, Inside Birding, kingfisher, Mourning Dove, photos, Red-winged Blackbird, shorebirds, video
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