Profiles of birds
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In-depth articles about the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, owls, shorebirds, backyard birds, and birds of wetlands, forests, fields, and deserts. From the pages of BirdWatching magazine. Photo by Wendell Long


American Robin
Articles from the pages of BirdWatching about cardinals, orioles, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, and other birds that you may see along a tree-lined street, in a local park, even in your backyard.
American Dipper by Andrew Johnson (andrewj82)
Articles from the pages of BirdWatching about birds you can find in wetlands, forests, deserts, and other locations in Canada and the United States.
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The search for the Grail Bird, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, in Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida, and Cuba, as reported in BirdWatching (formerly Birder's World) magazine.
American Oystercatchers by Mia Mcpherson (MiaM)
Articles from the pages of BirdWatching about oystercatchers, curlews, plovers, turnstones, and other shorebirds (or waders).
Barn Owl by littlebiddle
Articles from the pages of BirdWatching about Barn, Great Gray, Great Horned, Snowy, Northern Saw-whet, Spotted, and other owls found in Canada and the United States.
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Beautiful Rose-breasted Grosbeak has a bill to handle many foods and a song to delight the ears

By Chuck Hagner
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The spectacular courtship flights of the American Woodcock are highlights of the spring season

By Chuck Hagner
Precious Gold
How researchers in a race with wind-power developers are shedding light on the habits, pathways, and winter haunts of a little-understood eastern migrant — the Golden Eagle
By Andrew Jenner
Exceptional Immigrant
140 years after its introduction in North America, pleasant, understated Eurasian Tree Sparrow continues to win fans and attract birders
By Ted Cable
Ultimate Falcon: Gyrfalcon
The fabled Gyrfalcon wanders south from its northern haunts every winter, and sometimes it pursues its prey right under our noses
By Dick Dekker
Species profile: The wonder of Wichita Mountains, Black-capped Vireo

One of the best places in the country for Black-capped Vireos lies at the intersection of passion and science in southwestern Oklahoma

By Laura Erickson
Species profile: Underground Owl, Burrowing Owl

Why the Burrowing Owl hisses like a rattlesnake and decorates its burrows with manure — and why its best hope may be the golf course

By Neil Losin
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