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How Do Birds Fly? Answers to Common Questions About Birds

Do you know why blue-footed boobies have blue feet? Author Laura Erickson does, and you’ll find the answers to this and many other great questions in her book, The Bird Watching Answer Book. (For the ...
The Mining Journal

What’s Flying: Christmas bird counts could be diverse

Henry David Thoreau Mid-December starts the darkest period, at least sunshine wise, for the Upper Peninsula. Although it is ...
WTHR

Millions of birds take flight over Indiana amid strong south winds

INDIANA, USA — It is migration season, and a large wave of birds are expected to fly north over Indiana skies: 12 million birds may be fly over us Sunday night and Monday night put together (April ...
Forbes

A Biologist Spotlights The Largest ‘Bird Of Prey’ In The World (Hint: It’s Also The World’s Heaviest Soaring Bird)

Birds, by design, tend to be small, light and streamlined. Yet there are some that push the boundaries of size. Here is the avian world’s best example of an ultra-heavyweight flyer. Birds of prey are ...