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— Colleen, East Walpole, Massachusetts
On our latest show (11/09): A northern Canada audio postcard; Project FeederWatch 2025; and fascinating feather facts from Mike O’Connor. Hear it here.
DUCK!!
We didn’t take this photo, so we weren’t there, but we suspect that that duck planted the fortune in that cookie. (11/13)
The Mississippi River Flyway Cam
When we tuned in to this webcam about 5:30 PM EST, we saw a Bald Eagle splashing around. This was one of our favorite bird cams anyhow, but now it's cemented its position for years to come. This is a quiet cam, by the way, so keep it on in the background and take a peek now and then. Sponsored by the Raptor Resource Project.
The Best of Words on Birds
Ray's guest on our show #1,062 (Nov. 2) was Jeff Reiter. As promised, here's a link to Jeff's book on the publisher's website. It'd be a great item for gift-giving season or just to read when you're stuck indoors, dreaming of birding. (11/3)
Students making a difference
This is the way it's done! Graduate students, undergraduates, and other volunteers have been monitoring bird strikes on campus at the University of Illinois for years. Now, armed with data, they're advocating for bird-friendly architecture in order to reduce the number of bird deaths. (10/28)
From chirps to insights: measuring biodiversity with Audubon’s Bird-Friendliness Index
Birds are powerful indicators of ecosystem health. Their presence, and the diversity of species present in a given area, can reveal a lot about the state of nature. Audubon’s Bird-Friendliness Index (BFI) builds on this idea. (11/12)
If people-watching were like birdwatching
We often wonder how we’d be classified by someone watching us. This comedy video had us in stitches! (11/13)
Antarctic seabirds have an ingenious way of finding prey in the vast and desolate Southern Ocean
Different species flock together, using team work to sense food in the forbidding seascape, a new study finds. If you were living in an environment where it was challenging to find food, wouldn't you team up with someone whose abilities complemented yours? Read on for the research into this phenomenon. (11/4)
Join up and help out
Project Feederwatch begins Saturday, November 1 for residents of the US and Canada. Here's all you need to know to get started. This long-running community science project provides a detailed picture of weekly changes in bird distribution -- telling us where birds ARE as well as where they ARE NOT. A great starter project if you’re looking for one. (10/28)
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Bird vocalizations provided by The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Website photography by Shawn Carey/Migration Productions.