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Bringing back an endangered bird

By Chloe Bennett

Canadian spruce grouse find new home in Adirondacks 

bald eagles are susceptible to bird flu

Avian flu hits state eagle population

By Mike Lynch

Disease impacting big birds that feed on carrion  

hummingbird

Hummingbird research: Banding the tiniest of birds

By Mike Lynch

Ted Hicks, who is the Crown Point Bird Banding Station Coordindator, bands hummingbirds from May to August.

turtle

Meet a woman dedicated to helping turtles

By Chloe Bennett

Wildlife rehabilitator has shaped her life around patching shells of turtles who have been hit by cars or sustained other injuries

bald peak in the jay range

Going for a hike with my new friend Merlin

By Tim Rowland

Backcountry birding just got more interesting, thanks to a mobile phone app

Bicknell's thrush

What will happen to Bicknell’s thrush?

By Birdwatch

Concerns for potential disruptions to rare bird's habitat

New York Breeding Bird Atlas requests help from public 

By Megan Plete Postol

Bird watchers asked to submit sightings to eBird site, app

snow geese

Avian flu found in Northern NY

By Megan Plete Postol

Public asked to report cases of sick or dead birds, both wild and domestic

loon rescue from ice

Loons encounter unlikely threat: ice

By Cayte Bosler

Missed migration cues cause some birds to get stuck

mourning doves

A call of mourning

By Adirondack Explorer

When I think of unsung beauty I think of mourning doves, with their gorgeous, smooth pale brown plumage flecked with black and their pretty, pale blue eyelids.

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