Birds are vanishing from tropical forests. Is another ‘silent spring’ coming? As mysterious bird declines crop up in the Amazon and beyond, scientists suspect climate change may be to blame

This sobering story highlights the work of WOS members Bette Loiselle and John Blake. #ornithology

Five Years After 3 Billion Birds Lost, Scientists Plan A Road to Recovery After a 2019 study identified major losses to North American bird populations, scientists are working to reverse the declines through pilot projects with Evening Grosbeaks, Lesser Yellowlegs, and…

It's been more than five years since the "three billion birds paper," about the shocking decline in North American bird populations since 1970, made headlines. What's happening with recovery efforts? #ornithology

I can hear this photograph

Yep! St. Louis MO.

I'm participating in #IrishBookWeek Day 4: Share an Irish Book You Read Recently.
I just finished this book, The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne. Wow. Just a good book!

I didn't see the ambush bug until I clicked on the picture!

Oh the cuteness of it all!

This includes the US Bird Banding Lab, btw

I'm bingereading the series right now!

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I think that puffed out borb is an immature Golden-crowned Sparrow.

Interesting!

I've never seen one on the ground!