Late September is the time to listen for the magic sounds that announce autumn. If you are used to listening to birds, recent months may have seemed increasingly quiet and uneventful as spring and ...

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Today, Brooklyn Bird Watch features a Heather Wolf photo of the White-throated Sparrow seen in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Wikipedia tells us: “The White-throated Sparrow ranks among the most abundant ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

Avimancy is a new project being led by a birding couple who are linking their ornithologic fascination to their art, ...

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Over a decade ago, behavioral ecologist Diane Colombelli-Négrel was wiring superb fairy wrens’ nests to record the birds’ sounds when she noticed something odd. Mother fairy wrens sang while ...