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Bird of the Week

Ben Tonelli

Weekly bird facts for the bird-people of the world

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Bird of the Week 5/18 - 5/22

This week’s bird is the: Brown Thrasher

Photo cred: Ryan Sanderson. This bird is a rerun from 2024.

  1. A member of the mimic family (Mimidae), the Brown Thrasher can imitate the songs of other birds.

  2. Despite this cool ability, the...

5 days ago
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Bird of the Week 5/11 - 5/15

This week’s bird is the: Black-crowned Night Heron

Photo cred: James Bachand

  1. This species’ scientific name is pretty great: Nycticorax nycticorax. The word “nycticorax” is loosely translated to “night crow” or “night raven.”

  2. Th...

12 days ago
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Bird of the Week 5/4 - 5/8

Before introducing this week’s bird I want to take a second to introduce:

* Poke-A-Bird *

“Poke me!”

a new iPhone app from the team that brings you Bird of the Week. The app is a retro-style game for logging your real-world bird sighti...

19 days ago
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Bird of the Week 4/26 - 4/30

This week’s bird is the: Golden-cheeked Warbler

The male. Photo cred: Dubi Shapiro

  1. The Golden-cheeked Warbler has an extremely limited range. During the breeding season, it is only found in a narrow band of juniper woodlands in Texas...
a month ago
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Bird of the Week 4/20 - 4/24

This week’s bird is the: Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

Photo cred: Bryce Robinson

  1. All petrels belong to the order Procellariiformes, collectively referred to as “tubenoses.” You can guess where this name comes from – they have little tube...
a month ago
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    PhD Ecologist at Clemson, researching migratory birds and the diseases they carry around.

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