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Elaborate Birdhouses Resembling Miniature Palaces Built in Ottoman-Era Turkey
By Sara Barnes Historic Ottoman architecture was designed to accommodate more than its human inhabitants. Birds, in their own unique way, were welcomed to the ornate structures with their own avian-sized palaces that look just like miniature versions of the larger...
Japanese Illustrator Creates Beautiful Handbook of the Birds You’ll Find in Tokyo
Article from My Modern Met Commissioned by Tokyo Midtown—an art and design-focused urban district in the heart of Japan’s capital city—illustrator Ryo Takemasa created an illustrated “handbook” of Tokyo’s most common Japanese birds. Made in collaboration with graphic...
Nests: the art of birds
Author: Janine Burke Research Fellow, School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash University Can the nests of some birds be regarded as works of art, as aesthetic creations worthy of our admiration? Charles Darwin wrote in The Descent of Man that...
Some Fun Hummingbird Footage
FROM YOUTUBE VIDEO Hummingbirds of California--- some stay, some come to breed & some are passing through. Appearing here are Allen's, Anna's, Black-Chinned, Calliope, Costa's and Rufous Hummingbird. Enjoy. Special thanks for the people that filmed these. To see...
Early John James Audubon Drawings
Written By Kate Kondayen, Harvard Correspondent Growing up in the late 18th century, John James Audubon regularly skipped school and headed to the fields, spending his early years developing the techniques that led to his career as a famed naturalist who made...
Newly Discovered Dino Had a Rainbow of Shiny Feathers
By Mika McKinnon These days, a new feathered dinosaur may seem like just another addition to the growing catalog of these ancient beasts. But the latest fossil wasn’t just feathered, it was delightfully colorful. Sublimely preserved, the critter was dubbed Caihong...
The Intriguing Mystery of the Goldfinch
By Alastair Sooke A 362-year-old painting of a tiny bird has become one of the most popular of its time. But will we ever know what The Goldfinch means? On the face of it, it couldn’t be simpler: a small, charming painting, on a wooden panel, depicting a goldfinch...
Hurricane season takes toll on birds Massive storms can be a major setback to populations of already endangered species.
By VAL CUNNINGHAM~ A ruby-throated hummingbird clings to a twig whipping in the wind in coastal Louisiana, waiting out the worst of Hurricane Harvey before its 500-mile flight across the Gulf of Mexico on the way to Costa Rica. An Eastern meadowlark, on its way from...
Clear Lake duck may have been 5,500 miles off course
~Written By Tom Stienstra, December 3, 2017~ A duck so rare to California that some believe it might be an imported exotic pet was sighted and photographed last week at Clear Lake. Rick Timmer looked out from his vacation home and amid a dozen mallards, saw one duck...
Migratory birds bumped off schedule as climate change shifts spring
Provided by Florida Museum of Natural History New research shows climate change is altering the delicate seasonal clock that North American migratory songbirds rely on to successfully mate and raise healthy offspring, setting in motion a domino effect that could...
This rare, pink bird isn’t supposed to be in N.J. Is the hurricane to blame?
By Bill Gallo Jr. / bgallo@njadvancemedia.com Above photo: A roseate spoonbill / unknown The hurricanes that have ravaged parts of the United States may be responsible for the arrival in this region of some rare species of birds not often found here, a report says. A...
Dance Moves Support Evidence for New Bird-of-Paradise Specie
PRESS RELEASE, Cornell Lab eNews, 30 Jun 2017; Photo by Tim Laman The Superb Bird-of-Paradise—the shape-shifting black bird of central New Guinea that woos its mate with an iridescent blue “smiley-face” dance—has an equally superb cousin in the isolated mountains of...