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Engage in Citizen Science this Weekend with the Backyard Bird Count

Nancy Coddington

Get your family involved in something fun this weekend and help scientists track where birds are gathering this winter. For at least 15 minutes on one or…
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Are You Participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count?

Nancy Coddington

Be a citizen scientist and help Cornell Lab of Ornithology gather data on where birds are during the 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count.
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Enter the 'Funky Nests in Funky Places' Photography Contest

Nancy Coddington

photo by: Donna Santarossa Windsor, ON, Canada, Morning Dove Cornell Lab of Ornithology, located in Ithaca NY, announces the launch of their annual 'Funky…
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Ezra, Beloved Red-Tail At Cornell, Is Dead

Nancy Coddington

Photo by Karel & BOGette.According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Red-tail Hawk we have to come love named Ezra has died.As some of you may know,…
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Global Big Day

Nancy Coddington

Prairie Warbler by Greg GardGlobal Big Day is a single day uniting birdwatchers worldwide across political boundaries and language barriers, all brought…
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Look for El Niño Surprises During the Great Backyard Bird Count

Nancy Coddington

Orange highlights the above-normal warmth of equatorial surface waters in the Pacific that are driving the current El Niño. Image courtesy of…
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The Sagebrush Sea

Nancy Coddington

It’s been called The Big Empty – an immense sea of sagebrush that once stretched 500,000 square miles across North America, exasperating thousands of…