Living Bird Summer 2019—Table of Contents
June 17, 2019
Feature Articles
The Forgotten Female: How a Generation of Women Scientists Changed Our View of Evolution
By Kathi Borgmann
Female Red-backed Fairywren. Photo by Hayley Alexander.Old Flames: The Tangled History of Forest Fires, Wildlife, and People
Story By Hugh Powell; Photographs by Jeremy Roberts
Black-backed Woodpecker by Jeremy Roberts/Conservation Media.A Swainson’s Hawk Reunion Celebrates a Conservation Success
By Scott Weidensaul
Swainson’s Hawk by Chris Vennum.Are Woodpeckers Evolving to Look Like Each Other? A New Study Says Yes
By Marc Devokaitis
Perspective: Federal Energy Policy Could Silence the Timeless Sounds of Sage-Grouse
By Tom Christiansen
On Kauai, Hawaiian Ducks Are in a Dire Situation. Dogs Are Helping
By Kim Steutermann Rogers
Hawaiian Duck by Gary Kramer.Columns & Departments
View from Sapsucker Woods: 50 Years of Florida Scrub-Jay Studies Show Value of Long-Term Research
By John Fitzpatrick
Indigenous Forest Guards Achieve Breakthroughs in Protecting the Great Philippine Eagle
By Marc Devokaitis
Blue Gemstones with Wings: Lazuli and Indigo Buntings
Illustrations by Bartels Science Illustrator Jessica French
Celebrities, Strangers, and Friends: What Google Searches Tell Us About How People Relate to Birds
By Kathi Borgmann
Birding Gets the Fantasy Sports Treatment
By Marc Devokaitis
The New, Incredibly Patient Hobby of Google Street View Birding
By Darien Fiorino
Do Birds Dream?
Adapted from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Handbook of Bird Biology
Gallery: Sunset on the Jersey Shore
By Ray Hennessy
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