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September - October 2015 Issue

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How to Raise a Wild Bird: The Tricks and Costumes Behind the Whooping Crane's Return
August 31, 2015 — Photographer Tom Lynns takes an intimate look at a Whooping Crane reintroduction program, from hatching to disguised human parenting to release.
Photos
Wood Thrushes Connect Bird Lovers Across Borders
August 31, 2015 — A crowd-funded geotagging project helped researchers figure out where these birds spend their lives.
Climate-Threatened Birds
Coming Attractions: Fall 2015
August 31, 2015 — Events for bird lovers across the country.
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Tick Tock Goes the Sage-Grouse Conservation Clock
August 31, 2015 — Here's the breakdown of how much time has been spent keeping the Greater Sage-Grouse off the Endangered Species List.
Data
How to Keep Birds Out of the Outhouse
August 31, 2015 — Open pipes kill thousands of birds out West every year.
Safeguards
What a High-Tech Forest Can Teach us About Global Warming
August 31, 2015 — By rigging the Harvard Forest with cameras, sensors, and even hotter air, scientists can study the future.
News
Tar Sands Mining Hits the American West
August 31, 2015 — A plan is in place to open the first commercial mine in Utah.
Energy
How Scientists Are Racing to Save a Rare Hawaiian Bird From Extinction
August 31, 2015 — It involves a whole lot of native plantsand a whole lot of optimism.
Restoration
Answering the Call of Climate Change
August 31, 2015 — We asked you to help 91做厙 act on climate threats to birds, and you did.
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Keep the Comments Coming
August 31, 2015 — Your opinions can lead to pivotal conversations about conservation.
Letter From the Editor
Bird vs. Building: Portraits of Flight Gone Wrong
August 31, 2015 — Minneapolis artist Miranda Brandon gives victims of bird strikes new life.
Photos
Welcome to Warblerstock, Ohio's Grooviest Birding Festival
September 01, 2015 — During spring migration, Magee Marsh braces itself for an all-out warbler (and birder) invasion.
News
Reimagining the American Crow
August 31, 2015 — In the creative mind of Ralph Steadman, the corvid channels independence.
Illustrated Aviary
A Bird's Eye View of Whooping Cranes' Isolated Wetlands
August 31, 2015 — In Canadas remote Wood Buffalo National Park, the endangered whooper continues its comebackone (soggy) nest at a time.
Photos
Can We Learn to Handle the Heat of Forest Fires?
August 28, 2015 — With climate change turning up the temperature and the state in a four-year drought, wildfires are scorching California like never before. In the nuke zone scientists are looking for clues to how forests cope.
Climate
E.O. Wilson Wants Us to Leave Half of the Earth AloneHere's Why
August 31, 2015 — The famed naturalist's newest book, written from a retirement home, is a provocative and urgent call to save the planet, and its species.
Profile
A Definitive Guide to Congress' Attacks on Conservation Law
August 31, 2015 — This year we've seen an absurd number of assaults on legislation and agencies that protects birds and their habitat.
Politics
Other Issues
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Spring 2026
Inside the Movement to Grow More Native Seedsand Why It Matters More Than Ever
Winter 2025
Tufted Puffins Are Vanishing Across the Pacific NorthwestCan an Ambitious New Effort Save Them?
Fall 2025
The Wild Turkey Is a Comeback Bird We Cant Take for Granted