Birds in the News

Still from an animated film of three ducks flying over tree-covered hills.
The New Animated Film 鈥楳igration鈥 Draws Inspiration From Birds' Real Journeys
December 21, 2023 — Here鈥檚 what the Universal Pictures film got right (and wrong) about one Mallard family鈥檚 epic adventure.
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A crowd watches a baseball game while a flock of birds circles overhead.
Why Baseball and Birding Go Together Like Peanuts and Cracker Jacks
July 10, 2023 — America鈥檚 pastime presents plenty of opportunities to spot birds, says sports writer Joe Trezza.
From 香港六合开奖记录 Magazine
Top Music and Hollywood Artists Join Forces in 鈥淭he Birdsong Project鈥 To Benefit the 香港六合开奖记录 in Celebrating and Protecting Birds
May 20, 2022 — Contributors include Yoko Ono, Yo-Yo Ma, Mark Ronson, Wale, Beck, Andrew Bird, Elvis Costello, Jim James, Karen O, Ang茅lica Negr贸n, Calexico, Michael Uzowuru, Stephin Merritt, Karen Elson, The Flaming Lips, Nick Cave, and more.
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A Steller鈥檚 Sea Eagle, indigenous to Korea, Japan and Eastern Russia, launches from a treetop, off the Maine coast in Georgetown on Friday December 31, 2021. The large rare raptor, which is believed to be the same bird seen and documented over the past 16 months in Alaska, Texas, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Massachusetts, has made its latest stop on the Maine coast.
Inside the Amazing Cross-Continent Saga of the Steller鈥檚 Sea-Eagle
January 10, 2022 — The journey of the lost Asian bird started more than a year ago. Follow along as birders gather in awe and speculate on its next moves.
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Newly Recorded Condor 鈥榁irgin Birth鈥 Is Another Way Birds Are Like Reptiles
November 10, 2021 — Zoo researchers discovered that two female California Condors had reproduced without males, a phenomenon known as parthenogenesis.
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American Avocet by Phil Wheeler
Reimagining the American Avocet
July 13, 2021 — Phil Wheeler uses repeating patterns to unite a hungry wader with otherworldly terrain.
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1,158 Bird Species, 7,500 Miles, 1,000 Cups of Coffee and Counting: Meet the Couple Doing the First-Ever Big Year Across Colombia
July 02, 2021 — As they鈥檝e crisscrossed the country tallying and documenting birds, photographers Niky Carrera Levy and Mauricio Ossa have also discovered hundreds of untold stories of conservation heroes.
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How a Landmark Environmental Law May Have Quietly Saved a Billion Birds
January 06, 2021 — New research reveals a previously uncounted benefit of the Clean Air Act鈥攁t a time when the Trump administration is weakening its protections.
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Those Pigeons Wearing Cowboy Hats? They're No Laughing Matter.
December 17, 2019 — While the internet got a kick out of the latest meme, Mariah Hillman rushed to the scene to save the birds from danger or even death.
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BLM鈥檚 Final Environmental Review for Arctic Refuge Drilling Glaringly Underestimates Harm to Wildlife
September 12, 2019 — Rushed and faulty process gives green light to massive and permanent destruction of Arctic Refuge鈥檚 Coastal Plain, an irreplaceable habitat for birds and other wildlife
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