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The Uncommon Demise of a Wood Thrush in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Focusing in on a flurry of activity from the other side of the water feature, I could make out a bird desperately flapping its wings as Clay-colored Thrushes and Scarlet-rumped Tanagers raised their voices in alarm. He mentioned how, growing up, locals talked about losing small chickens to those frogs but never to toads.

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

10,000 Birds

Why did the chicken cross the archipelago? Scientists investigate the DNA of Hawaii’s free-roaming fowl. Indiana teacher raises the bar for newbie birders everywhere by finding the state’s first record of a Black-tailed Godwit. Have you ever seen two Hammerkop pretending to be bunk beds? Now you have.

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