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Bird Tales with a Bite - Their "gross beaks" may be the reason for their renown, but these five species also have some interesting stories to tell - grosbeaks
UNLESS you've had an evening grosbeak lock its massive mandibles on your index finger and not let go, you have no idea of the strength in the jaws...
National Wildlife, 08/01/02 by Les Line · More from publication -
He Transformed Us Into a World of Watchers - honoring Roger Tory Peterson - Brief Article
"What if there had been no Roger Tory Peterson?" The issue was raised a few years ago by S. Dillon Ripley, secretary emeritus of the Smithsonian...
National Wildlife, 02/01/02 by Les Line · More from publication -
GROWING PAINS - As their numbers multiply in some states, black bears are creating unusual problems in some unlikely places
Patrick Carr, black bear project leader with the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, seemed a bit frazzled. It was only mid-February and...
National Wildlife, 10/01/01 by Les Line · More from publication -
Why Birders Love the Blues - It's no coincidence that the indigo bunting has been the focus of a number of landmark bird behavior studies - description and behaviour of bird
Oh my, the song of the indigo bunting, the bluest of all our blue birds. As sweet and variable as a lick from Benny Goodman's clarinet, it swirls...
National Wildlife, 02/01/01 by Les Line · More from publication -
Watching Wolves On a Wild Ride - For 25 winners, researcher Rolf Peterson has tracked the turbulent twists and turns in the lives of Isle Royale's top predators and prey
There are always surprises waiting when Rolf Peterson returns to Isle Royale National Park to spend the dead of winter in the company of the...
National Wildlife, 12/01/00 by Les Line · More from publication -
A MALE'S WORK IS NEVER DONE - In the topsy-turvy world of wattled jacanas, it's the females who get their guys
Dawn comes early on the Isthmus of Panama, and life along the Chagres River is already stirring at 5:30 am when biologist Stephen Emlen points his...
International Wildlife, 07/01/00 by Les Line · More from publication -
When Nature Goes Nuts - wildlife nurtured by acorns
An astonishing array of animals are linked in some surprising ways to the mighty oak and its bounty An astonishing array of animals are linked in...
National Wildlife, 10/01/99 by Les Line · More from publication -
An American Original - southeastern Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp
Scientific research conducted on the wetlands of southeastern Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp is given. The region is known to be one of the world's...
National Wildlife, 08/01/99 by Les Line · More from publication -
Star Billing - characteristics of the roseate spoonbill and threats to its food supply Everglades National Park
Roseate spoonbills continue to face threats to their natural environment in the Florida Everglades. The US Army Corps of Engineers is planning to...
National Wildlife, 04/01/99 by Les Line · More from publication -
Total recall - chickadee behavior
Research shows that chickadee birds are very smart. The birds are territorial and stake out feeding areas. All the chickadee species hoard food in...
National Wildlife, 02/01/98 by Les Line · More from publication
