Living Bird Winter 2024—Table Of Contents
Featured Articles
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To Catch Voles Under the Snow, Great Gray Owls Must Overcome an Acoustic Mirage
New research into the weird ways snow distorts sound offers new hints about the extraordinary hunting strategies of a winter phantom—the Great Gray Owl.
By Rebecca Heisman -
A Fifth of All Bird Species Occur in Cities. Could Urban Living Be Made Easier?
Scientists studying birds in urban areas are finding some unique evolutionary adaptations to city life—and they say it’s time for cities in turn to make some adaptations for birds.
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Macaulay Library’s Best Bird Photos 2024
There are more than 50 million photos in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library archive. Here are some of the best from the past year.
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Who Wins at the Bird Feeder—the Lone Wolf or the Social Butterfly?
Five years after an illuminating study on bird-feeder dominance hierarchies, a new crop of research is delving into what causes conflicts at the seed station.
By Marc Devokaitis -
New Migration Maps Help Birders and Scientists Find Their Sister Cities
A new set of data-visualization tools called eBird Shared Stewardship Maps are feeding the growing momentum toward life-cycle conservation for migratory birds.
By Gustave Axelson
Columns & Departments
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View from Sapsucker Woods: What’s in a Name?By Ian Owens
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Tinder for AkikikiBy Joshua Rapp Learn
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Birdword Archive: A Pictorial Exploration of Obscure Ornithological TermsBy Living Bird staff writers
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An Eye for Beauty: Remembering Tom JohnsonPhotography by Tom Johnson
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