A team of ornithologists organized by Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology has rediscovered at least one male ivory-billed woodpecker, alive and well and living in Arkansas. The news, which broke April 28, 2005, has turned the birding world upside down, and my heart inside out. I have been enchanted by ivory-billed woodpeckers since I was very […]
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Several years ago, I was asked to testify before Congress on private conservation success stories. Among the examples cited at the hearing were Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Sebastiani Wineries, and Skeet Burris’s South Carolina tree farm. The truth is, many landowners see an economic benefit in preserving and enhancing the habitat on their properties instead of
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In addition to waterfowl (ducks, geese, and swans), many other birds have benefited directly from stamp revenues. Among them are waterbirds (like western grebe, least bittern, yellow rail, and black tern), shorebirds (black-necked stilt, American avocet, whimbrel, red knot, and Wilson’s phalarope), raptors (swallow-tailed kite, Swainson’s hawk, and golden eagle), and wetland-associated songbirds (vermilion flycatcher,
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The endangered Kirtland’s warbler is one of the rarest members of the wood warbler (Parulidae) family. It is a fascinating bird for a few reasons: First, it nests in just a few counties in Michigan’s northern Lower and Upper Peninsulas. Also, it is closely tied to a narrow and distinctive habitat of young jack pine
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