A Young Birder’s Take on Our Young Birders Event
August 15, 2012 1:14 pm 4 CommentsStanding at the edge of a scrubby patch of trees, Chris Wood was coaxing a rarity into view. The small... View Article
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eBird passes the 100 million mark!
August 14, 2012 1:46 pm Leave your thoughtsFor a few weeks now we’ve been looking forward to a major milestone in our eBird project: the addition of... View Article
A New Generation of “Digital Ornithologists”
August 8, 2012 2:44 pm 2 CommentsIt was Friday morning in a forest of upstate New York, and Cornell undergraduates Hilary Yu and Jen Goforth had... View Article
New Bird Species Discovered in Peru, Named for Cornell Lab Director
August 6, 2012 1:13 pm 8 CommentsA colorful, fruit-eating bird with a black mask, pale belly, and scarlet breast—never before described by science—has been discovered and... View Article
Counterpoint: 7 Ways European Warblers Outperform American Warblers
August 1, 2012 1:41 pm 4 CommentsNote: Science editor Gus Axelson recently posted about how the warblers of Europe don’t exactly measure up to our spectacular... View Article
Q&A: Olivia Bouler on the Cornell Lab, starfishes, and building a “kid army”
July 31, 2012 12:27 pm 4 CommentsIt’s been a little over a year since Olivia Bouler came to visit the Lab and taught an arts workshop... View Article
New Swarovski Spotting Scopes Innovate for Birders and Digiscopers
July 20, 2012 2:56 pm 6 CommentsOn a recent trip to Hungary, science editor Gus Axelson got a chance to test out a new line of... View Article
This Weekend: Young Birders Flock to Cornell Lab
July 17, 2012 8:30 pm Leave your thoughtsA highly accomplished group of young birders will gather here at the Cornell Lab this weekend for our fourth annual Young Birders Event, sponsored this... View Article
Birders: The Central Park Effect
July 11, 2012 11:45 am 59 CommentsHBO is airing a documentary that should make bird watchers do the unthinkable: put down their binoculars and head for... View Article
Who’s got the best warblers (and why?): Europe vs. America edition
June 29, 2012 2:43 pm 5 CommentsI suppose one could say that brownish European warblers are no different than our sparrows—differentiating a Savannah from a Song... View Article
Blue-winged Warbler by Brian Sullivan