Ranked #1

Birds and cities are like grape juice and paper towels
Birds and cities are like grape juice and paper towels
In TV advertisements, it seems paper towels can always absorb more grape juice. Are urban areas similarly able to take ... Read more
11 Oct 2019
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33mins
Ranked #2

Fly straight on 'til morning... then what?
Fly straight on 'til morning... then what?
Like Peter Pan, migrating birds fly through the night, straight on 'til morning... but then what? Usually as dawn arrive... Read more
4 Oct 2018
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29mins
Ranked #3

Auditory Archive: Yellowhammer dialects across two countries and 100 years
Auditory Archive: Yellowhammer dialects across two countries and 100 years
Roughly 100 years ago, some Yellowhammers (Emberiza citrinella) were captured in England and released in New Zealand. Th... Read more
6 Sep 2018
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28mins
Ranked #4

Feathery Chemistry: using isotopes to track migration
Feathery Chemistry: using isotopes to track migration
Stable isotopes are a pretty hot topic in bird research these days. But what are they, and how are they used? What can i... Read more
2 Aug 2018
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40mins
Ranked #5

Feed the birds, tuppence a bag
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag
Feeding the birds is big business these days, but how has all that food availability affected bird communities? It turns... Read more
6 Jun 2019
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31mins
Ranked #6

This little birdie migrated, this little birdie stayed home
This little birdie migrated, this little birdie stayed home
No matter where you live, you probably see some bird species that seem to stay put all year long. But did you know these... Read more
7 Mar 2019
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34mins
Ranked #7

Your Christmas Bird Count data at work!
Your Christmas Bird Count data at work!
Long running, citizen science data collection projects like the Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count and the North Ame... Read more
3 Jan 2019
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38mins
Ranked #8

Egg Hunt Arms Race
Egg Hunt Arms Race
Is there an evolutionary arms race between birds trying to hide eggs and birds trying to find eggs? If so, who is racin... Read more
17 Jul 2019
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29mins
Ranked #9

Is that umbrella looking at me? And other concerns of an urban bird
Is that umbrella looking at me? And other concerns of an urban bird
Do birds get used to people walking past? Today we are talking about whether birds in rural and urban areas differ in h... Read more
7 May 2019
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30mins
Ranked #10

Feathered Fruit Peelers
Feathered Fruit Peelers
Does it help or hurt a plant to have birds eat their seeds? Birds can help plants by moving their seeds to new places, b... Read more
7 Feb 2019
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30mins