Who are You Calling a Bird Brain?

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For hundreds of years, birds have been considered stupid and incapable of advanced thought or learning; this is why the phrase “bird brain” is commonly used to denote persons who are dolts or simpletons.

Bird Photography in the Land of The Morning Calm 

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Birding, let alone bird photography, in South Kore Korea is not a popular past time, which is unfortunate.

Malheur NWR – 2023

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Includes photos from the Migratory Bird Festival in April, a couple of weeks in June, and an evening with the Great Horned Owletts at Headquarters.

Green River College’s Long Term Birding Study

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Come find out what we are doing at Green River College to help our students become more knowledgable about birds and better stewards for our lands. Using Birds, GPS, and Nature immersion in higher education.

In Search of Meadowlarks: Birds, Farms, and Food in Harmony with the Land

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As a wildlife scientist and birder, I think about our relationship with, and effects on, nature. As I
searched for meadowlarks and other open country birds among farms and ranches, I learned
how these species flee the plow and how many farmers adjust their actions to lessen this
exodus.