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3 Curious Benefits of the Merlin App
There’s a tendency for seasoned birders to turn their noses up at Merlin, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s extremely popular bird identification app. “It’s not 100% accurate, you know.” “Don’t trust it.” “Always…
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Wild About Bird Migration
One of the interesting things about spending the summer going back to the same walking trails to listen for birds (I use the Merlin app), is noticing when different birds disappear from the…
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Wild About Bird Songs
Have you ever stepped out your front door and just listened? If you live in a city, your local soundscape is probably dominated by the sounds of urban life: traffic, kids playing, the…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #1
The Dracula Parrot, an New Guinean bird that looks like someone stitched the head of a vulture onto the body of a parrot. Look at those red feathers! 2. This piece of word…
a miscellany of wonder
