Bird
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News
Amy Tan Takes a Novel Approach to Bird-Watching: ‘Be the Bird’
In her most recent book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” the best-selling author revels in a newfound preoccupation with birds — and drawing.
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Science
More Than 1,000 Birds Died One Night in Chicago. Will It Happen Again?
A mass of birds died in Chicago in October after striking one building, adding to the push for more protections in one of the most dangerous cities for avian migration.
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Newyork
The T-Shirt’s Message Is Simple: ‘Everyone Watches Women’s Sports.’
A black-and-white shirt by the brand Togethxr has become the unofficial uniform of a breakthrough moment for women’s basketball.
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News
Bird Flu Is Infecting Cats (and the Occasional Dog). Here’s What to Know.
A few “reasonable precautions” can help people keep their pets safe from the H5N1 virus, experts say.
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Newyork
Why NYC Audubon Changed Its Name
The birding group has rebranded as NYC Bird Alliance because of John James Audubon’s connections to slavery.
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Science
Don’t Let a Bird’s Feathers Fool You
I saw a couple of crows dining on roadkill the other day as I was driving by and wondered, Does this count as bird-watching? I think it should. I know that birding is having a moment. It was something you could do outside without catching Covid at ...
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World
The Kiwi Makes a Startling but Careful Comeback
At a sanctuary on New Zealand’s North Island, the long-endangered flightless birds have grown so much in number that they are being transported to other areas to start new colonies.
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Newyork
Bird Flu Is Our Fault
We don’t yet know if H5N1 bird flu will spill over from animals to infect a large number of humans. Based on the few cases of transmission so far, the World Health Organization has expressed concerns that infection in humans “can cause severe disease ...
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Books
Uncovering What Audubon Missed, and What He Made Up
In “The Birds That Audubon Missed,” Kenn Kaufman delves into the fierce, at times unethical, competition among early American ornithologists.
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News
Seriously, Now Is the Time to Stop Kissing Sick Birds
A citizen-science collaboration in New York has turned up a half-dozen birds infected with the avian flu virus.