Tag: cornell lab
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Bird Call: Enemy has been defeated
I finally have defeated my sworn enemy. And just in time for spring migration. Pack it up and move along, squirrels. No longer will you little freeloaders feast upon my bird feeders, relieving me of thousands of dollars of bird food meant for the sweet chickadees, chirpy nuthatches, flashy but mean Western tanagers, finches and…
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Bird Call: Monogamy lessons from birds
Albatross and hawks do it. Greater sage grouse and prairie chickens don’t do it. Humans do and don’t do it. Let’s do it, let’s stay monogamous. Or not. We’re all a little birdlike in our varying levels of comfortability with commitment, aren’t we? Some of us are bald eagles who pair up early and stay…