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In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...
New research reveals ancient Romans, including ordinary people, consumed thrushes. These small birds were once considered a ...
My wife Joan and I’s life in a retirement community in State College is going very well. We continue to spend lots of time ...
At the Pollentia site, archaeologists also found the remains of pigs, sheep, goat, fish and shellfish – showing how varied ...
Birds that call Pennsylvania home are in serious decline. Why it matters: Birds are indicators of the health of their habitats and signal early warnings of broader trouble to the environment, and ...
The American Robin is one of the most common birds in North America. You’ve probably seen one in your backyard or been woken ...
View Birds - Cedar Waxwings - Hermit Thrush - Loggerhead Shrike - American Tree Sparrow - Dark-eyed Junco (2006) By Pal Varga; watercolor on heavy paper; 11 x 24 inches / 27 x 60 cm PAPER SIZE: 12 x ...
Other birds undertake even longer journeys — the Swainson’s thrush, for example, nests as far north as the boreal forests of Alaska and spends the nonbreeding season in northern South America ...
The casualties were mostly warblers, but also thrushes, sparrows and others. On the way back to the museum, they carried plastic bags bulging with roughly 975 dead birds. ‘What Can We Do?’ ...
STOW, Maine — A varied thrush, a bird native to the Pacific Northwest, has been frequenting a bird feeder in the yard of Valley Vision producer Bill Edmunds’ parents in Stow, Maine. Wildlife expert ...
In 2014, researchers who’d been tracking the birds in the Tennessee mountains discovered that they had flown away from their breeding grounds outside of the usual migration season – two days ...
While many people are familiar with their cheer up, cheer up, cheerily caroling, here are some facts you might not know about this iconic American songbird. 1.) There are dozens of different bird ...