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Craig Benkman's 40-Year Fascination With Crossbills and Conifers
In a recent book, Benkman reflects on his research career studying the evolutionary interplay between crossbills and the cone-bearing trees where they feed.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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The Pigeon Hustle | PBS Nature Documentary
YouTube video by Nature on PBS
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November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Not great Bob!

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Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Vagrant Common Cuckoo visits Long Island.
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Birders going ‘cuckoo’ after unexpected sighting in New York City area
A bird sighting on New York's Long Island has avian enthusiasts flocking to the region in the hopes of spotting a feathered friend who has never been seen before in the state.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Hurricane rider!
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Bird Uses Hurricane Winds, Migrates In Record Time | Weather.com
A young whimbrel making its first journey across the Atlantic turned a terrifying storm into the ultimate tailwind, rocketing thousands of miles to South America with the help of a hurricane.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Burn scar birdos!
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Long-term Calif. study finds surprising link between birds and wildfires
New long-term research investigated 42 bird species in several national parks.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Crusty Bum Disease!

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World's only flightless parrot doing okay against 'crusty bum' disease
New Zealand’s critically endangered kākāpō are not showing signs of antibiotic resistance. Yet.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...
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October 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Fascinating good news of some incredibly difficult birding.

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Bird not seen in 20 years is rediscovered using an audio recorder
In India, an acoustic recording from August 24, 2025 confirms that the nocturnal bird called 'Jerdon's courser' is not extinct.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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#BirdLinks Gull puke edition.
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Gulls’ Spit-Up Gunk Can Help Ecologists Understand Human Pollution
Researchers and student volunteers pick up what seabirds throw up, then examine it for clues about our impact on the environment
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October 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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#BirdLinks of the paleo variety. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/s...
Mark Norell, 68, Discoverer of Links Between Dinosaurs and Birds, Dies
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September 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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#BirdLinks way down under edition.
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Drawing is learning: the birds of the subantarctic
Between Tasmania and Antarctica, there are a series of tiny, isolated islands on the cusp of the Southern Ocean. Many people don’t even realise they exist,
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September 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Missing pet macaw 'Baby' found in western suburbs after escaping on camping trip
A search to find a missing pet bird that got loose during a camping trip over the weekend in suburban Palos Hills came to an end Tuesday,
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September 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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The Secret Language of Tawny Owls
Every evening I listen out for the tawnies. On some dark winter days, they call late in the afternoon but usually they wait for dusk and their voice in my mind is inseparable from that subtle and l…
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September 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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New study reveals where conservation can deliver for birds, communities and climate
Today, the National Audubon Society announced the publication of a new study in Scientific Reports that identifies places in the continental United States where conservation efforts would provide a tr...
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September 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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To save its unique and rare birds, New Zealand is turning to AI and genetic research
New Zealand is planning to eradicate millions of invasive animals that prey on the country's rare birds. The goal may not be possible, unless new technology can be developed to do it.
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September 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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"Mysteries of Migration: Now You See Me, Now You Don't" Birding Webinar with Bob Bell
YouTube video by BurlingtonGreen
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September 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Warbling Vireos now split into Eastern and Western species and Coopers Hawk is booted from Accipiter while Sharp-shinned stays.
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66th Supplement to the Check-list of North American birds released
The 66th Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's (AOS) Check-list of North American Birds, published in Ornithology, includes several significant updates to the classification of bird spec...
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August 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Elton the Yorkshire owl spreads his wings to star in Mexican film
South American moviemakers travel all the way to the Dales to capture the spectacled owl on camera.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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"You don't sell a pigeon like that"
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Why This Pigeon Could Be Worth Millions
YouTube video by Great Big Story
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November 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Smith: Concerns for snowy owls heightened after first global assessment of species
A worldwide review of snowy owls found far fewer of the birds than previously thought. The work included data from birds tagged in Wisconsin.
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February 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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The Loyola University campus Surf Scoter that has been hanging around near the shore of Lake Michigan for about a month now filmed by Rob Curtis. The crayfish eating footage starts around 5 minutes in.
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Melanitta perspicillata SURF SCOTER dives, catches crayfish 9093105
YouTube video by Rob Curtis
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February 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Coopers Hawk inside one of the local restaurants in my neighborhood here in Chicago
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February 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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May 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The Bird and The Tree
YouTube video by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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August 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM