Living Bird Summer 2017—Table Of Contents

June 7, 2017

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Feature Articles

Kirtland

Jack Pine Juggernauts: What Will Happen to Kirtland’s Warblers After Delisting?

By Greg Breining; Photos by Craig Watson
The Cherry-throated Tanager was rediscovered in Brazil in 1998, but conservation efforts for the species have met complications. Photo by Ciro Albano,

Lost Birds: The Search to Rediscover Species That Might Not Yet Be Extinct

By Sarah Gilman
Blue-eyed Ground-Dove by Rafael Bessa.
The intricate squiggles of the Great Bowerbird egg make it stunningly beautiful. Photo by John Weinstein, © 2014 The Field Museum. Egg from the collection of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology.

The Beauty and Biology of Egg Color

By Pat Leonard
One of the key functions of egg pigmentation is camouflage. These Little Ringed Plover eggs blend in with their stony surroundings. Photo by Michel Poinsignon/Minden Pictures.
soaring California Condor by Gregory Smith

Soaring in Circles: Two Road Trips to See California Condors, Thirty Years Apart

By Hugh Powell
Night Parrot by Peter Marsack/BirdLife Australia

A New Dawn for the Night Parrot

By Sarah Toner
Eastern Towhee adult by Ryan Schain

Two Tips for Telling a Bird’s Age by Its Molt Patterns

By Nate Swick

Analysis: The Economic Value of Birds

By Çağan H. Şekercioğlu
The U.S. Air Force has used Peregrine Falcons to drive away European Starlings and other birds that pose threats to aircraft at air bases. Photo by Nick Dunlop.

Columns & Departments

Kirtland

View from Sapsucker Woods: Endowing a Future for the Kirtland’s Warbler

By John W. Fitzpatrick
tawny-winged woodcreeper

Global Big Day Wrap-Up: More Than 6,000 Species Worldwide As Team Sapsucker Finds 327 Species in Yucatan

Chandler Robbins, courtesy Barbara Dowell/USGS.

Remembering Chan Robbins, a Giant of Modern Ornithology

By Pat Leonard
Dark-eyed Junco using a nest box, by Melissa Sherwood

NestWatch Surprise: First Ever Report of a Dark-eyed Junco Using a Nest Box

how a seabird

Why Can Some Birds Drink Salty Seawater?

Adapted from the Handbook of Bird Biology, Third Edition
Ezra the Red-tailed Hawk in flight

Gallery: Remembering Ezra

By Christine Bogdanowicz