Sandy and Luna are now 9 weeks old.
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There's a particular type of food households should be putting out for birds during nesting season to avoid risk of fatal disease
The tiny shorebirds are continuing to rebound in the heartland.
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Text by Katherine Ellis • Photography by John O’Hagan • Styling by Courtni Bodiford Adorn your midsummer tea table with Wood & Sons’ Ellgreave 35 teapot that is covered with flora and a feathered friend. Summertime tea parties call for colorful wares that effortlessly fit into the effervescent season to grace the table. When searching for an […]
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Last month, a California condor flew into Oregon before returning after several hundred miles to its home in Redwoods National Park, becoming the first condor recorded in the state since 1904. Taking a closer look, condor conservationists among northern California’s Yurok tribe concluded it was condor B9, an animal that had been born in captivity […]
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‘It’s safety, it’s warmth. And that really does help with these animals in rehabilitation.’
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Following 25 days of vigorous local campaigning, residents in the supposedly-totalitarian country of China succeeded in halting highway construction that would have plowed through mudflats which 49 species of bird rely on for dinner and rest. Among these is the spoon-billed sandpiper, a migratory shorebird with a global population of less than 500, and which […]
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The RSPB's latest bird feeding guidance has sparked confusion, with many gardeners unsure whether they should stop feeding garden birds altogether this summer
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But don’t worry, mama Jackie slept not too far away.
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Sometimes, mama eagle knows best.
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An article about an outgoing Baidu employee replacing himself with a chatbot reminded me of the time I replaced myself with a classmate in math class. What follows is an anecdote about humanity. Is there a lesson here? I leave that to the readers to decide.
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New photos show owls and wildlife reclaiming an abandoned coal mine 50 years after it closed. The Chatterley Whitfield mine in Staffordshire, England, last produced coal in 1976. Now, a half-century later, the son of a coal miner who worked there has returned to document nature’s return. The buildings and towers, including the iconic pit […]
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A newly described fossil goose shows that New Zealand’s bird history involved repeated arrivals, extinctions, and rapid island evolution. A rare fossil goose found in the remains of an ancient lake in Central Otago is changing how scientists understand the bird history of Aotearoa New Zealand, according to a researcher at the University of Otago [...]
Bird navigation has puzzled animal scientists for a long time, despite decades of research, not least because each species seems to have its own flight manual and designing experiments to unlock these secrets is incredibly challenging for us, on the ground.
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Special immune cells may be one piece of their internal compass.
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For over 20 years, the forests of central Vietnam have been missing one of their most remarkable inhabitants. Now, an international alliance of conservation organizations, zoological institutions, and Vietnamese partners has come together with a shared goal: to return the Vietnam pheasant to the forests where it once lived. The project represents one of the […]
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Content of several “forever chemicals” in seabird eggs were found to have sharply decreased over the last 55 years by a team of scientists. While first rising exponentially from during the 1960s, the chemicals, classed as PFAS, peaked in the 1990s before decreasing in line with regulatory oversight by North American governments. PFAS are a […]
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No one wants a bald eagle talon to the eye at 3am.
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A new study led by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researcher has found that nearly every forest bird species in Hawaiʻi can help spread avian malaria. The discovery offers a major clue as to why the disease has become so widespread across the islands wherever mosquitoes are present. The research, published in Nature Communications, [...]
A flying squirrel for breakfast, toucan eating a bananna, and more.
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As the UK basks in a bank holiday heatwave, experts are urging households with garden bird feeders to take extra good care of them.
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A great horned owl found covered in concrete has flown to freedom after six months of care at a Utah sanctuary. A good Samaritan found him in a concrete mixer in October and called the Best Friends Animal Society headquarters 80 miles away in Kanab. After removing the concrete, the team at the nonprofit’s wildlife […]
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Robins are often considered the friendliest bird in the UK, but leaving out the wrong food can really harm their health in spring.
Their beautiful bulky bills are perfect for scooping up dinner.
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4th grade science teacher Sara Stinson must have known she was doing a great job when her intrepid students began giving themselves extra homework. It didn’t involve studying for an exam, but raising money to help a local wildlife trust buy a parcel of imperiled land in California’s Big Bear Valley where Jackie and Shadow […]
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In part four of six of my blogging "wisdom" series, I revisit "Welcome to The Emu Café" six years after its original publication and use it to discuss blog hospitality.
Wherein I review The New Leaf Journal's sixth birthday month with a new and original inflatable spring decoration photograph as a bonus.
Sandy and Luna are working on important skills in the nest.
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