Living Bird Spring 2026—Table of Contents
Featured Articles
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Tracking the Very Large, Very Elusive Star of Papua’s Forests: the Northern CassowaryDeep in the interior rainforest, a wildlife photographer, an ornithologist, and three local Indigenous guides ventured into the realm of the Northern Cassowary on a mission to capture images of Papua’s mysterious forest giants.
Story By Wahyu Mulyono Photography by Tim Laman -
A Cattle Farm in Alabama Draws Birders for a Spectacle of KitesThe Joe family farm practices a land ethic that has brought in the birds, and now a burgeoning side business that is bringing in birders to the Black Belt of Alabama.
Photography and Interviews by Dudley Edmondson -
Warblers in New Hampshire’s Forests Have Found an Ideal Way to Divvy Up TerritoriesNew research out of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest shows that migratory songbirds use their songs to equally allocate breeding territories amongst themselves.
By Marc Devokaitis -
Why Do Nuthatches Coat Their Nest Entrances With Sap?A simple series of experiments looked into why Red-breasted Nuthatches use sticky conifer resin to defend against nest predators and competitors.
By Rebecca Heisman -
Antibodies Suggest Some Raptors May Be Developing Resistance to Avian InfluenzaEvidence from blood tests taken at The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota shows that some birds of prey are beating the aggressive avian influenza virus.
By Angelina Tang
Columns & Departments
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View From Sapsucker Woods: Our Shared BirdsBy Ian Owens -
Dark-eyed Junco Beaks Changed During COVID Shutdown in Los AngelesBy Clarissa Casper -
eBird Taxonomy Update Splits Warbling Vireos, Yellow Warblers, and MoreBy Matthew D. Medler -
Gallery: Birds With BordersArtwork by C. F. Payne; Text by Marc Devokaitis

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