[ad_1] Microscopic secrets hidden away in hummingbird feathers manipulate light to give these tiny birds—the most colorful birds on Earth—the power to dazzle on command. From the Summer 2023 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. A few years ago, Arizona photographer Steven Kessel was out capturing images of a male Anna’s Hummingbird basking in sunlight when he […]
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[ad_1] What did you do during the pandemic? This is a question we are likely to hear for decades to come and each of us has our own unique answer as to how we endured the seemingly endless months of social isolation. Some became experts at baking sour dough bread, others binge-watched old movies, and
[ad_1] Everything at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex monopolizes my attention: the enormous welcome globe, the 70,000 square feet of stadiums, arenas and playing fields, and the sprawling artificiality of it all. It’s February, and I’m in Orlando on assignment for MLB.com covering the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, which is training at the facility’s minor
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[ad_1] After the Fire: How A Sustainable Ranch Survived a Natural Wildfire In April 2022, a wildfire scorched the 15,000-acre May Ranch in southeastern Colorado—testing the sustainability of a ranching model that blends conservation, climate-change mitigation, and making a living off the land by raising cattle. By Michael Booth [ad_2] https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/living-bird-summer-2023-table-of-contents/
[ad_1] Family traditions…in many ways these are what make the holidays so highly anticipated and uniquely special. Maybe it’s that very special meal, complete with all of your family’s favorite recipes and fixings. Heaven forbid if someone goes rogue and changes the menu! Perhaps it’s the tradition of a house filled with holiday music and
[ad_1] Sarah Conti grew up in a family of birders, so perhaps it’s only natural that birds feature heavily in her work. What’s more, she prefers to sculpt her subjects to scale, like these foot-tall Black-necked Stilts. The lithe, long-legged waders thrive on sunblasted mudflats near Conti’s home in Idaho and around the West. Here,
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[ad_1] Originally published June 2017; updated June 2023. The Bald Eagle has been an indelible part of American culture for centuries. Even before it was crowned our national bird, it was sacred in many Native American cultures and a symbol of courage, wisdom, and strength. Bald Eagles were once in danger of extinction, their numbers
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[ad_1] Take a road trip through America’s western states and you’ll drive for hours through the millions of acres of our nation’s vast and essential public lands. From deep canyons across the sagebrush sea to the north slope of Alaska, federal public lands encompass some of our nation’s most iconic places that are not only
This month’s eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, encourages you to submit more checklists from one of the least-eBirded months of year. The eBirder of the Month will be drawn from eBirders who submit 31 or more eligible checklists in July. Fewer eBird checklists are submitted in July than any