Living Bird Summer 2022—Table of Contents

Neonicotinoids are America’s most used class of pesticides, found in the vast majority of the nation’s corn crop and nearly half of soybeans. Given such pervasive use, their effects on songbirds—impacting critical functions like metabolism, reproduction, and migration—are troubling.

Now just shy of 60 years old, the new island of Surtsey, off Iceland, holds clues to a fundamental mystery: What did the Earth look like when it was just born? How does life colonize bare rock?

Incorporating a little sketching can enhance your birding experience—and make you a more observant birder, too.

Hunters, birders, everybody seems to like Northern Bobwhite. And that’s a good thing, because a team effort will be needed to restore quail populations across the South, Midwest, and East.