Articles: birds

Peregrine Falcons: Then and Now

Peregrine falcons, while known as predators, are essential to our environment. These stunning birds have a rich history, an interesting…

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Bring on the Birds: Attracting Birds to Your Garden

Birds: they’re beautiful, they sing sweet songs, AND they can help our gardens thrive. Keep reading to learn more about…

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Low-Risk Silvopasture: Chickens, Turkeys, Guinea Hens, Ducks and Geese

Want to get started with silvopasture? The first step is figuring out which type of livestock works best for your ecosystem. Luckily,…

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Starting A Big Year of Birdwatching: Bicycle Beginnings

At a personal and professional crossroads, a man reset his life and found sobriety, love, and 618 bird species, cycling…

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A Year of Global Birdwatching: The Thrill Of the Chase

When Arjan Dwarshuis first heard of the “Big Year,” the legendary record for birdwatching, he was twenty years old and…

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Sightings While Cycling: A Journey Through Nature

During a time when many of us faced the prospect of little work or human contact, renowned naturalist Nick Acheson…

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Rewilding Your Land

Having a picture-perfect farm may be aesthetically pleasing, but those farms are likely lacking in biodiversity—a necessity for an operating…

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Hope for a Thirsty World

Judith D. Schwartz is a journalist whose recent work looks at soil as a hub for multiple environmental, economic, and…

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Notes on Gull Watching and Trash Picking in the Anthropocene

“An important and entirely brilliant book.  It’s a love letter to gulls and their charged relationship with humans, but it’s…

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