Featured Articles
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To Catch Bubbles Under Snow, Great Gray Owls Must Overcome Acoustic MirageNew research into the unique ways snow distorts sound offers new clues about the unusual hunting strategies of a winter ghost—the Great Gray Owl.
By Rebecca Heisman
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A Fifth of All Bird Species Occur in Cities. Can City Living Be Easier?Scientists studying birds in urban areas are finding some unique evolutionary adaptations to city life—and they say it’s time for cities to make some adaptations for birds.
By Kathi Borgmann
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Macaulay Library’s Best Bird Images 2024There are more than 50 million images in the archives of the Macaulay Library of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Here are some of the best from the past year.
Featuring over 40 photographers
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Who Wins at the Bird Feeder—the Lone Wolf or the Social Butterfly?Five years after an illuminating study on bird-feeder dominance hierarchies, a new crop of research is investigating what causes seed station conflicts.
By Marc Devokaitis
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New Migration Maps Help Birders and Scientists Find Their Sister CitiesA new set of data visualization tools called eBird Shared Stewardship Maps is building momentum toward life-cycle conservation for migratory birds.
By Gustave Axelson
Columns and Departments
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View from Sapsucker Woods: What’s in a Name?By Ian Owens -
San Diego’s Endangered Willow Flycatchers Are Adapting to Climate ChangeBy Pareesay Afzal -
Tinder for AkikikiBy Joshua Rapp Learn -
Birdword: An Illustrated Guide to Some Tongue-Twisting Ornithological TermsBy Living Bird staff writers -
A Third of American Adults Are Birdwatchers, According to Nationwide SurveyBy Marc Devokaitis -
An Eye for Beauty: Remembering Tom JohnsonPhoto by Tom Johnson
