Living Bird Magazine—Latest Issue

October 14, 2019
American Bittern feather by Simon Wheeler, with support from the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates.American Bittern feather by Simon Wheeler, with support from the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates.
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Feature Articles

2.9 billion birds gone- graphic by Jillian Ditner

Vanishing: More Than 1 in 4 Birds Has Disappeared in the Last 50 Years

By Gustave Axelson

How to Fix the Bird Declines: A To-Do List for Government, Business, and Individuals

By Gustave Axelson
Saw-whet owl in hand. Photo by Chris Linder

A Grassroots Banding Project Reveals How Amazing Northern Saw-whet Owls Are

Story By Scott Weidensaul; Photography By Chris Linder
Northern Saw-whet Owl taken out of a net. Photo by Chris Linder.
Rufous-capped Warbler by Nigel Voaden/Macaulay Library

Coffee Made in the Shade Can Be More Profitable, Thanks to Birds

Story by Gustave Axelson; Photography by Jeffrey Arguedas
Rufous-capped Warbler. Photo by Nigel Voaden/Macaulay Library.
Lincoln's Sparrow by Nick Saunders. ML69095721

Learn How to ID These 5 Confusing Streaked Sparrows

By Marc Devokaitis
Who's this bathing beauty? Check your answer. Photo by Nick Saunders/Macaulay Library.
Great-horned Owl juvenile, by Gerrit Vyn

2019 Annual Report

Columns & Departments

1 in 4 birds have been lost since 1970, including many common feeder birds. Graphic by Jillian Ditner

View from Sapsucker Woods: Birding’s “Choir” Must Become a Force for Change

By John Fitzpatrick

In Colombia, A Sunday Bird Walk Turns Up a Species Thought Extinct

By Marc Devokaitis and Winny Sun

GPS Tracking of Endangered Black-capped Petrels Could Reveal New Nesting Sites

By Elizabeth Serrano
A young Cooper's Hawk at a feeder. Photo by Kevin Rosinbum via Birdshare.

Seeing More Hawks in Your Yard? It’s Not Your Imagination

By Marc Devokaitis

Vital Shorebird Habitat on China’s Yellow Sea Gains World Heritage Site Status

By Elizabeth Serrano
Golden-headed Manakin. By Nayan Shrimali and Vaishali Chudasama

Gallery: Birds at Thumbnail Scale

Art by Nayan Shrimali and Vaishali Chudasama; Text by Marc Devokaitis

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