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Watch for Shorebirds with Colored Flags!

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Some make stopovers along Florida’s coast, others fly straight from stopovers in the northern states to the coast of South America. As shorebirds look for suitable sites to spend up to 9 months in their wintering grounds, biologists with the Pan-American Shorebird Banding Program also start preparing for a new banding campaign.

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The Black Album: Black Birders, Blackpoll Warblers, Black-tailed Godwits, Black Flamingos, and more

10,000 Birds

I just flew nonstop from Canada to South America and boy, are my arms tired.” Only you can help prevent three threatened Australian birds from permanently falling victim to sugar gliders, according to a crowdfunding campaign. Researchers have figured out where the thought-to-be-extinct Bryan’s Shearwater is roosting.

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