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The mysteries of The Magic Stump
An Illinois farm field--and an old Osage Orange tree--attract a phenomenal variety of raptors.
 • Bob Dolgan
Great expectations: Piping Plovers stir high hopes
The Great Lakes Piping Plover preview edition.
 • Bob Dolgan
A secretive flier arrives by moonlight
Woodcock's return is one of the early signs of spring.
 • Bob Dolgan
The Great Salt Lake is dying; One of America's largest shorebird refuges is drying up
Persistent drought conditions in northern Utah have put the Great Salt Lake at an all-time low, and the birds are paying the price.
 • Isoo O'Brien
Glass half-full: collision response one to celebrate
Migration was safer this past fall.
 • Bob Dolgan
Great Horned Owls become proud parents after all
A saga started on a gloomy November night on the Northwest Side of Chicago
 • Bob Dolgan
"Through the Eyes of the Piping Plovers"
A plover exhibition is the first for a new museum on the shores of Lake Michigan.
 • Bob Dolgan
Spring arrival dates for common birds
Getting through the February doldrums.
 • Bob Dolgan
For peat's sake: where 36 warblers are headed
Many are en route to the untouched reaches of Canada's Boreal Forest, North America's Bird Nursery.
 • Bob Dolgan
A different kind of bird guide
Angelia Kumlien Main carved her own path with the charming Bird Companions.
 • Bob Dolgan
The Birdman of Chicago
A tribute to Tony Fitzpatrick.
 • Bob Dolgan
Six birds of 2025
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 • Bob Dolgan
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