Living Bird Spring 2014—Table of Contents

April 15, 2014
Snowy Owl by B. N. Singh
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Feature Articles

A Season of Snowy Owls

A Season of Snowy Owls

By Pat Leonard
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.
Passenger Pigeon illustration by Fuertes

A Tale of Three Superdoves: the Dodo, the Rock Pigeon, and the Passenger Pigeon

By Stephen J. Bodio
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.
A pair of Crested Berrypeckers in New Guinea. Photo from The Macaulay Library's video of the bird prying up berries, by Tim Laman.

50 Years Later, Climate Has Pushed New Guinea’s Birds Up and Off Mountains

By Hugh Powell
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.
Magnolia Warbler by Glenn Bartley

Growing Native Plants Is a Simple Recipe for Helping Warblers

By Jack Connor
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.

Columns & Departments

Crested Berrypecker by Tim Laman

View From Sapsucker Woods: Pushed to the Top by Climate Change

By John W. Fitzpatrick
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.

How to Bird by Ear: Q&A With Michael O’Brien and Louise Zemaitis

By Marc Devokaitis
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.
Our Latest Bird Cam Puts an Albatross Outside Your Window

This Bird Cam Puts an Albatross Outside Your Window

By Hugh Powell
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.
Festival Birding Down in South Texas's Rio Grande Valley

Festival Birding Down in South Texas’s Rio Grande Valley

By Mel White
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.
Western Grebe with Chicks by Beau Liddell via Birdshare

Birding Escapes: Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota

By Bobby Harrison
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.
Naturalist's Notebook: Falcon vs. Kite

Naturalist’s Notebook: Falcon vs. Kite

By John Schmitt
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.
illustration by Jeff Sipple. catbird Seat, A Watcher of Chickadees

The Catbird Seat: A Watcher of Chickadees

By Pete Dunne; illustration by Jeff Sipple
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.
The Devil's Cormorant by Richard J King

Book Review: The Devil’s Cormorant, by Rich King

Review by Stephen J. Bodio
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.
The Homing Instinct by Bernd Heinrich

Book Review: The Homing Instinct, by Bernd Heinrich

Review by Stephen J. Bodio
From the Spring 2014 issue of Living Bird magazine.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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