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Living Bird Magazine—Latest Issue

January 14, 2020

Common Redpoll by Mike Lentz.

Common Redpoll by Mike Lentz.

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Feature Articles

Winter finches. Illustration by Jen Lobo

How Ron Pittaway Developed His Acclaimed Winter Finch Forecast

By Hannah Hoag

Birding with Technology in the Year 2025: Our Predictions

By Peter Hart and Steve Kelling, with Jessie Barry, Brian Sullivan, and Chris Wood; Illustrations by Virginia Greene

Seven Sublime Birds

Seven Sublime Birds From Around the World

By Marc Devokaitis

Dark-eyed Junco in San Diego by Charlotte Morris/Macaulay Library.

How Juncos Changed Their Migration, Behavior, and Plumage in a Matter of Decades

By Erik Vance

Eurasian Hoopoe by Miriam Baril/Macaulay Library, vista by Armon Hanatziv Promenade/Alamy.

Birding in Jerusalem: An Ancient City with 300 Bird Species

By Annie Novak

Eurasian Hoopoe by Miriam Baril/Macaulay Library; View from Armon Hanatziv Promenade/Alamy.

John Cassin and his illustration of a Kirtland's Warbler (in about 1862)

The People Behind the Birds Named for People: John Cassin

By Elizabeth Serrano

Under a Full Moon, Pale Barn Owls Can Freeze Voles in Their Tracks

By Marc Devokaitis

Columns & Departments

View from Sapsucker Woods: Birds of the World Is Born

By John W. Fitzpatrick

Double-eyed Fig-Parrot by Mat Gilfedder/Macaulay Library .

Harlequin Ducks and Merlin Photo ID

Get More From Merlin Bird ID With These Powerful Features

By Drew Weber

Birdword: Tomial Tooth, Peregrine Falcon by C&C Saladintion

Birdword: An Illustrated Guide to Some Tongue-Twisting Ornithological Terms

Yellow-billed Cuckoo by Leo McKillop/Macaulay Library

Bird-Safe Lighting Installed on Thousands of U.S. Communication Towers

By Winny Sun

Golden-winged Warbler, female by Fernando Sequeria/Macaulay Library.

Many Conservation Plans Have a Gender Bias, Study Finds

By Pat Leonard

Kirtland’s Warbler by Nathan Cooper

Kirtland’s Warbler Delisted After 47 Years of Conservation Work

By Marc Devokaitis

Bird Profile: The White-tailed Ptarmigan

From All About Birds; Illustrations by Bartels Science Illustrator Jen Lobo

BLack-capped Chickadees by Jocelyn Anderson/GBBC.

Gallery: Chickadees Tussle Over a Peanut

Photo by Jocelyn Anderson

Supplements & Sidebars

Among the nine Red Crossbill call types, type 3 crossbills have the smallest bill size (left; photo by Neil Paprocki/Macaulay Library), while type 2 crossbills have larger bills (right; photo by Aaron Brees/Macaulay Library).

The “Crossbill Guy” With a Keen Ear for Call Notes

By Marc Devokaitis

Red-breasted Nuthatch by David Speiser

Irruption Takes a Short-Term Toll, But Doesn’t Have Long-Term Consequences

By Elizabeth Serrano

Pine Grosbeaks and a Common Redpoll visit a public feeder in Minnesota’s Sax-Zim Bog. Photo by Sparky Stensaas.

Where to See Winter Finches in a Non-Irruption Year

By Marc Devokaitis

Peter Norvig, director of research at Google, mixes photography into his bird walk with the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society in Silicon Valley.

Birders in the Tech Industry Are Helping Make Silicon Valley More Bird-Friendly

By Nick Neely

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