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eBird In November 2024, Win a Place in the Cornell Lab’s Field Sketching Course Bird Watching, Citizen Science, News & Features, Try This
eBird November 2024 eBirder of the Month Challenge Bird Watching, Citizen Science, News & Features, Try This
Birding Festivals and Events Festivals & Events, News & Features
Living Bird Magazine How Inversions and Supergenes Can Keep Similar Species From Merging News & Features, Science & Conservation
Feast Your Eyes on Our Spooky Birds Gallery—If You Dare News & Features, Photography, Photography
How to Tell Crows and Ravens Apart by Sight and Sound Bird ID Skills, Similar Species
October Big Day—12 Oct 2024
Gallery: Cinnamon Stick News & Features, Photography
Redpolls United! Highlights from the 2024 AOS Checklist Update News & Features, Science & Conservation
Living Bird Magazine As Vital Whimbrel Habitat Erodes in South Carolina, Protection Comes Just in Time News & Features, Science & Conservation
Living Bird Magazine Cornell Lab Visitor Center is Reopened, and Reimagined News, News & Features
Living Bird Magazine View from Sapsucker Woods: Welcome. Wow. What Next? News, News & Features
Living Bird Magazine Lessons from Forging the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 News & Features, Science & Conservation
Living Bird Magazine The Bald Eagle Isn’t Officially the U.S. National Bird. But It Could Be Soon News & Features, Science & Conservation
Living Bird Magazine Deforestation by the Drug Trade Damages Vital Bird Habitats News & Features, Science & Conservation

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Living Bird Autumn 2024—Table Of Contents

Featured Articles

Inside the Indonesian Songbird Trade
Demand is booming for caged songbirds on the island of Java, and forests are falling silent. But conservation solutions are not easy, because bird-keeping is a proud cultural expression after colonialism and Covid.
By Ben Mirin
In the Tropics, a Troubling Echo of North America’s Bird Declines
Long-term studies from remote science stations in South and Central America are showing the same alarming trends of forest bird losses that have been documented across North America.
By Kathi Borgmann
Field Inclusive: A Small Nonprofit Aims to Make Fieldwork Safe for All
Founded by two Black graduate students, Field Inclusive is working to raise awareness of the risks that minority scientists face when they go into the field.
By Rebecca Heisman
Deforestation by the Drug Trade Damages Vital Bird Habitats
In Mexico and Central America, cocaine traffickers seek out remote forests for their operations—eating away at the habitat of a dozen Neotropical migratory bird species.
By Pat Leonard
The Bald Eagle Isn’t Officially the U.S. National Bird. But It Could Be Soon
It’s on our passports and our dollar bills, but the Bald Eagle has never officially been designated the U.S. national bird. But thanks to a bipartisan effort, that “historical oversight” may change this year.
By Frederic J. Frommer
Lessons from Forging the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
Over a century ago—during a world war and a raging pandemic—one U.S. senator built a broad base of support to pass one of the most important bird conservation laws in American history.
By Lynn Scarlett
2024 Annual Report

Columns & Departments

View from Sapsucker Woods: Welcome. Wow. What Next?By Ian Owens
Cornell Lab Visitor Center is Reopened, and ReimaginedBy Ruth Charles-Pedro
Pocket Binocular Review: Our Search for the Best Tiny BinocularsBy Marc Devokaitis and Hugh Powell
As Vital Whimbrel Habitat Erodes in South Carolina, Protection Comes Just in TimeBy Marc Devokaitis
Redpolls United! Highlights from the 2024 AOS Checklist UpdateBy Matthew D. Medler
Birdword: An Illustrated Guide to Some Tongue-Twisting Ornithological TermsBy Rosemary Mosco
Gallery: Cinnamon StickPhoto by Rafael Armada; Text by Marc Devokaitis