Thursday, April 30, 2015

Angry Birds are angry about extinction

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Kansas: Wings N Wetlands Birding Festival

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Yellow-headed Blackbird Last week I attended the biennial Wings ‘N Wetlands festival , right in the heart of Kansas. The Quivira Nationa...
Friday, April 17, 2015

Climate Change vs. Wildlife?

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The April 6 issue of The New Yorker carries an article by Jonathan Franzen titled “Carbon Capture: Has climate change made it harder fo...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Migration Update

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I have a new puppy, and I started keeping a life list of birds I see with her. I also just got new hearing aids. Because of these two ch...
Thursday, April 9, 2015

Hummingbirds

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Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird Tonight, I’m giving a talk about hummingbirds at the Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center. This is a full...
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

My new bionic ears! (Well, actually, my hearing aids.)

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Golden-crowned Kinglet Every year or two, I need new eyeglasses. My deteriorating vision isn’t very noticeable from day to day or month...

The true story of Don Draper and how Mad Men will end

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(This is a transcript of today's radio program which you can hear here .) On April 5, the final season of Mad Men will begin...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Training a good birding dog

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March 20, 2015 is the day I drive to Chicago to pick up my new puppy. Pip is a brown and white Havana Silk Dog—a little foo-foo dog with...

The Swallows of Capistrano

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Cliff Swallows According to the Catholic Church calendar, March 19 is the Feast Day of St. Joseph. It also happens to mark the day when ...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Gifts from Birds and Other Internet Stories

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Every day, people send me bird stories, pictures, and videos they’ve seen on the Internet. One kind irritates me—videos, invariably set to...