Color Coded

April 30, 2020

Semaphore is a way to communicate over distance using colored flags. Male Red-winged Blackbirds know how to do this – only they use feathers. Male Red-wings […]

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The Bright Side

April 30, 2020

In late fall and winter and even early spring, the world often seems inverted, as if we’ve descended underground. With their leafy distinction long gone, trees […]

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Royal Beauty

April 30, 2020

How did the Baltimore Oriole get named for a city in Maryland? It didn’t. England’s Lord Baltimore was one of the early benefactors of the Maryland […]

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Upside-down Clown

April 30, 2020

White-Breasted Nuthatches are known for two things: their odd name and walking down the length of trees while woodpeckers climb up. First, the name. It’s really not that odd. […]

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Gold Rush

April 30, 2020

It’s ironic that the scientific name for the American Goldfinch is Spinus tristiswhich, loosely translated, means “Sad thistle-eater.” After all, few species give bird lovers a case […]

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