Migratory Mystery of a Secretive Sparrow Comes to Light (Smithsonian; 7/26/05)

Rare island birds threatened by 'super mice' (Reuters; 7/26/05)

Raptors' Fidelity Is Proved Without Ruffling Any Feathers  (NY Times; 7/26/05)

Arctic birds are dying at 10x normal rates as warming oceans are preventing plankton growth (USA Today; 7/19/05)

Kirtland's Warbler moves back from brink of extinction (Grand Rapids Press; 7/9/05)

Non-migratory birds may have bigger brains (PhysOrg; 7/4/05)

From millions to none: Story of the great auk (Redlands Daily Facts; 7/4/05)

Ultra-fast Camera Captures How Hummingbirds Hover (Science Daily; 6/26/05)

Chickadees' alarm-call carry information about size, threat of predator (PhysOrg.com; 6/26/05)

Endangered Condors Soar Over Grand Canyon (LA Times; 6/13/05)

Birds of many feathers don't compete, they work together (Redlands Daily Facts; 6/13/05)

Horseshoe Crabs' Decline Further Imperils Shorebirds (Washington Post; 6/10/05)

San Francisco birders tickled blue: Nesting pair of Western Bluebirds spotted in area for first time in 70 years (SF Chronicle; 6/7/05)

World's Largest Caspian Tern Colony to be Decimated (ABC; 6/3/05)

Slaughter of cormorants based on excuses, not on facts (Minneapolis Star-Tribune; 6/2/05)

Advocates for Animals Oppose Virginia Plans to Shoot Gulls (NY Times; 5/29/05)

Team to took at protecting Ivory-billed Woodpecker while letting public see it (NWA News; 5/26/05)

Will the Birds Stop Returning to Delaware Bay? (NY Times; 5/25/05)

Migratory songbirds have a specialized night-vision brain area (MNT; 5/24/05)

Woodland bird decline alarms experts: Ornithologists say they are increasingly concerned about the "alarming" decline of some of Britain's woodland birds species. (BBC News; 5/20/05)

Scientist Examines Singing Life of Birds (VOA; 5/20/05)

Whooping Cranes Stabilize Vision To Find Food (Science Daily; 5/20/05)

Birders Keep Track of Feathery Migrants (Washington Post; 5/11/05)

Whooping cranes head north, with numbers on the rise (Salt Lake Tribune; 5/5/05)

Lawsuit Seeks to Save Millions of Songbirds From Tower Collisions (ENS; 5/5/05)

African Plant Grows Perch for Birds (National Geographic; 5/5/05)

Thousands of cormorants targeted on Leech Lake this week (Duluth News Tribune; 5/5/05)

Almost 50% of North American birds depend on boreal forest - including declining species (CNW Group; 5/2/05)

Red Knots veer toward extinction (Philadelphia Enquirer; 5/1/05)

In the Swamp, an 'Extinct' Woodpecker Lives (NY Times; 4/29/05)

Woodpecker Thought Extinct Rediscovered (Washington Post; 4/28/05)

Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Rediscovered in Arkansas (NPR; 4/28/05)

Ivory-billed Woodpecker 'rediscovery' sets birders all atwitter (AZ Central; 4/28/05)

'Extinct' Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Found in Arkansas (Reuters; 4/28/05)

Ivory-billed Woodpecker refound in USA (BirdLife International; 4/28/05)

Can't See the Pigeon for the Feathers (NY Times; 4/27/05)

How to Listen to Birds: An expert shares his secrets (National Geographic; 4/25/05)

Cuckoos May Be Dim, But They Are Strategic: Small-Brained Bird Is Clever Enough to Let Others Raise Its Young (ABC News; 4/20/05)

Recent discovery is helping to open a new window on the world of loons (Missoulian; 4/17/05)

Birds On the Brink: The pesticide DDT continues to show up in alarming levels in nonmigrating songbirds. (AlterNet; 4/16/05)

Record flock of endangered whooping cranes heads north for summer (DFW Star-Telegram; 4/16/05)

Small clades at the periphery of passerine morphological space (EurekAlert; 4/16/05)

Baby Birds' Efforts to Outshout City Noise May Take Toll (National Geographic; 4/15/05)

Hunters and environmentalists rally for ducks and their habitat (MPR; 4/11/05)

India to ban vulture death drug (BirdLife International; 4/10/05)

Hispanics see birding as a bit odd (South Florida Sun-Sentinel; 4/10/05)

White Pelicans Return to N.D. Refuge: Biologists Encouraged After First Wave of White Pelicans Return to North Dakota Refuge (ABC News; 4/7/05)

Some Whooping Cranes reach central Wisconsin (Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune; 4/6/05)

Upland Birds In Peril From Climate Change (Science Daily; 4/5/05)

Barn Owls: A bit spooky — and a threatened species (Hillsboro Times-Gazette; 4/5/05)

Satellite-assisted Bird Preservation (Science Daily; 3/26/05)

Projects in two states bring back scarce mountain quail (Jackson Hole Star Tribune; 3/26/05)

Crane migratory effort suffers setback: An experimental flock of whooping cranes has lost one of its youngest members to a Florida bobcat but could be on the verge of producing chicks in the wild for the first time. (CNN; 3/24/05)

Fish & Wildlife Service Publishes Final List Of Non-Native Bird Species (FWS; 3/22/05)

Book follows birders on an amazing Big Year count (San Diego Union-Tribune; 3/21/05)

Seeing (and Hearing) is Believing in Speed-birding competition (Sarasota Herald-Tribune; 3/21/05)

A winged surprise from the north (Times-Argus; 3/20/05)

High levels of mercury found in Vermont birds (ABC News; 3/11/05)

Tucson comes to terms with owl (USA Today; 3/11/05)

In a Vast Hungry Wave, Owls Are Moving South (NY Times; 3/8/05)

Fishing regulators 'are failing': Many authorities set up to regulate fisheries are failing to take their responsibilities seriously, claims BirdLife International (BBC News; 3/7/05)

5 condors take flight at cliffs: Now 54 total in Arizona wild (Arizona Republic; 3/4/05)

Looking for Personality in Animals, of All People (NY Times; 3/4/05)

South Africa's hornbills face extinction (IOL; 3/1/05)

Rare sightings boost birding festival (Brownsville Herald; 3/1/05)

It's tough out there for our sea birds (EDP24; 2/25/05)

Fed agency, New Mexico group clash over release of northern Aplomado falcons (Rocky Mountain News; 2/25/05)

Endangered Kakapo Breeding Again (MSN; 2/25/05)

Among Bird Brains, Crows are Most Clever (ABC News; 2/25/05)

Where Whooping Cranes Cheat Extinction (NY Times; 2/20/05)

Scientists Use 'Bird Breathalyzer' Tests (ABC News; 2/19/05)

Sleep helps birds sing better (BBC News; 2/19/05)

Bahama Nuthatch shaken not stirred (BirdLife International; 2/16/05)

Scrub-jays fading away: Already a threatened species, the bird found only in Florida could gain endangered status. (Orlando Sun-Sentinel; 2/9/05)

Eggs joy for rare kakapo (New Zealand Herald; 2/9/05)

Climate threat to moorland birds: Future climate change could threaten the populations of moorland birds (BBC News; 2/3/05)

Feathered friends no bird brains: The term "bird brain" is out of date as birds' brains are just as advanced as mammals' (BBC News; 2/3/05)

Minds of Their Own: Birds Gain Respect (NY Times; 2/1/05)

Changes to Naming of Bird Neurosystems to Acknowledge True Brainpower (Newswise; 1/31/05)

Mating game takes albatross around globe: Monitors reveal marathon flights of large seabirds (Houston Chronicle; 1/31/05)

Birders worldwide flock to Alaska (Seattle Times; 1/28/05)

Returning Andean Condors to the wild (CBS News; 1/28/05)

Falling number of Everglades snail kites blamed in part on handling of Lake Okeechobe (Palm Beach Post; 1/25/05)

Songbird's gradual evolution challenges conservation methods (CBC; 1/23/05)

Birds scientists in a flap: Modern birds may have evolved before the mass extinction of the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago (ABC Science Online; 1/20/05)

Crows Have Natural Tool-Making Ability (Reuters; 1/13/05)

Meet the flockers: Beckham Bird Club members share flock of adventures (Louisville Courier-Journal; 1/11/05)

Feds to keep Sage Grouse off endangered species list (Denver Post; 1/7/05)

Interest in bird-watching takes flight: KOS-member Lee McNeely reveals avian love to others (Cincinnati Enquirer; 12/29/04)

Birds with best feathers moult earlier (CBC; 12/24/04)

Rare bird sighting excites local enthusiasts: May be first Eurasian thrush seen in western North America (Olympian; 12/24/04)

Aloha, Po'ouli: Farewell to a Hawaii Native We Will Never Meet Again (NY Times; 12/19/04)

Snail Kite Decline Raises Questions About Everglades (Lakeland Ledger; 12/16/04)

A quarter of bird species in danger of extinction (Independent/UK; 12/14/04)

Dark day for poor Po'o-uli (BirdLife International; 12/3/04)

"State of the Birds" finds hundreds of U.S. species in peril (Seattle Times; 12/3/04)

Bird Watchers and Researchers Have A New Online Database for North American Bird Species (PR Web; 7/16/04)