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Brown-headed Cowbird Read more

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Vocal Courtship Displays
Researchers study how male birds choose the songs to include in vocal courtship displays, and how females use the information to choose a mate.
Flying Rock Pigeon Read more

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Magnetic Sense
Scientists have been trying to identify the ways birds may sense Earth's magnetic field to help them navigate.
Sky at dusk Read more

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Nocturnal Migration
Every spring, songbirds flip their internal clocks and lauch themselves into the sky to migrate under cover of darkness. 
Image from the animated map of Dark-eyed Junco and Great-crested Flycatcher migration using Haikubox data Read more

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Sound Story
Haikubox used bioacoustic bird identification data to map migration of Dark-eyed Juncos and Great Crested Flycatchers.
Lesser Prairie-chicken displaying during breeding season Read more

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Prairie-chickens
Lesser and Greater Prairie-chickens' habitat is diminishing and these special birds are under threat.
Graph showing Haikubox identifications and peak bird activity 2023-26 Read more

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Haikubox Network
Haikuboxes continue to gather millions of birdsong and call recordings every day.
Migrating Snow Geese Read more

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Migration Readiness
Daylight changes are detected by photoreceptors in birds' brains, triggering physical changes that prep them for the rigors of migration.
Migration Push-Pull Read more

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Migration Push-Pull
Are birds "pulled" into migrating by physical changes to their own bodies or "pushed" into action by external factors?
Shifting Migration Read more

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Shifting Migration
The timing of bird migration is changing and new research is using community science observations to make predictions about its timing in the future.