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¿Qué hay detrás de un nombre? ¡Un ave!

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2025/05/20

Los nombres son una convención cultural, ¿cierto? Pero algunos nombres contienen algo especial: ¡aves! Por ejemplo, Garzón, mi apellido, está derivado de la garza. Listen to this episode in English here .

Orchard Orioles Band Together

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2025/05/19

Orchard orioles are social birds that build their nests in large trees among streambanks and wetlands. The males have chestnut-colored breasts and black backs and wings, while females and immature birds are mostly yellow. After the males fly south in late July and early August, the young birds and

Swainson's Warbler

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2025/05/18

The Swainson's Warbler is one of North America's shyest birds. These birds forage quietly on the ground, flipping over leaves to expose and capture insects. They scurry away, calling in alarm when big-footed humans invade their shadowy habitat. On their wintering grounds, in the Blue Mountains of

Robins Raise a Brood in a Hurry

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2025/05/17

When it comes to raising a family, American Robins have got it down. Approximately eight days after the male and female mate, the female builds the nest. A few days later, she lays eggs. She sits on the eggs for 18 hours a day, and the eggs hatch in about three weeks. Both parents feed the nestlings

Bird Song ID

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2025/05/16

Roger Tory Peterson, the best known American figure of 20th Century birdwatching, offered help on birding by ear. Whenever he could, he provided a catchphrase to identify a bird's song. "Witchety-witchety-witchety" captures the song of this Common Yellowthroat. The California Quail seems to say,

How to Be a Better Wildlife Photographer

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2025/05/15

Conservation photographer Noppadol Paothong says that if you go out to take pictures of birds, you shouldn’t just aim to take an eye-catching photo. He spends long hours in photo blinds, often watching and studying birds rather than photographing them. He has become deeply familiar with some

El Auspicioso Sonido del Pájaro Campana

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2025/05/14

La vista y el sonido del Pájaro Campana, el ave nacional de Paraguay, inspiran asombro y alegría. Su presencia como especie indicadora y dispersora de semillas también es una buena señal de la salud del ecosistema en el Bosque Atlántico del Alto Paraná que se extiende desde el sudeste de Brasil a

Los saltarines hacen sus propios fuegos artificiales

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2025/05/13

El saltarín barbiblanco vive en Trinidad y en gran parte de Sudamérica. Los machos cortejan a las hembras con chasquidos de alas que suenan como petardos. Un grupo de machos revolotea rápidamente de un tallo delgado y sin hojas a otro, apenas a unos 30 centímetros del suelo. Cuando el macho ve a la

American Herring Gull

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2025/05/12

With white and grey feathers, a piercing stare, and noisy screams, the American Herring Gull is a “seagull” that's well adapted to land-locked living. These impressive, raucous birds are abundant over large swaths of North American from Alaska to Puerto Rico. Whether they’re squabbling over table

Mother Birds

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2025/05/11

Happy Mother's Day, from the whole BirdNote team! Avian motherhood is a mixed bag. Peregrine Falcon mothers share duties fairly equally with Peregrine dads. At the other end of the spectrum is the female hummingbird, which usually carries the entire burden of nesting, incubating, and tending the

The Crafty American Crow

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2025/05/10

Crows. Large, black, noisy. The raucous birds of the neighborhood. Some people love them; others aren't so sure. American Crows are crafty and resourceful. Crows have adapted to our modern world. For one thing, they, too have a taste for fast food. Watch for crows at your local fast food joint. They

Searching for Trogons in the Sycamore Trees

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2025/05/09

Just an hour south of Tucson, Arizona, Madera Canyon is a nature-lover’s dream. Among the more than 250 bird species found in this region throughout the year, the Elegant Trogon draws spectators from far and wide. These robin-sized birds forage for fruits and insects in the high canopy of oaks

Bringing Condor Home

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2025/05/08

Tiana Williams-Claussen is a member of the Yurok Nation and Director of the Yurok Tribe Wildlife Department. In this episode, she shares the story of how the California Condor, known as Prey-go-neesh in the Yurok language, went extinct on Yurok lands due to the environmental exploitation that

Ruffed Grouse: Splendid Drummer

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2025/05/07

The male Ruffed Grouse stands on a resonant fallen log in the shelter of a brushy thicket, thumping the air with his wings. He raises them and, cupping them forward, beats the air. He's slow at first, then faster, creating a reverberating drum roll. This announces his territory and his desire for a

Migración a través del Golfo de México

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2025/05/06

En la primavera, millones de pájaros cantores, como este chipe peregrino, migran al norte atravesando el Golfo de México desde Yucatán hasta el sureste de Estados Unidos. Cuando las aves se encuentran con tormentas o vientos en contra, muchas de ellas morirán. ¿Para qué arriesgarse a morir de

Bobolinks: Birds of Grasslands

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2025/05/05

Male Bobolinks are first to arrive on their breeding grounds in the grasslands. Why are there fewer Bobolinks than in decades past? Probably because the landscape of North America has changed so much. Bobolinks originally nested on native prairies of the Midwest and southern Canada. Much of the land

A Marsh With More Than One Purpose

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2025/05/04

The Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary in Northwest California is an important stop along the Pacific Flyway, one of the four main routes for bird migration through North America. Visitors are sometimes surprised to learn that this wildlife sanctuary is also the city of Arcata’s wastewater

International Dawn Chorus Day

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2025/05/03

The first Sunday of May is International Dawn Chorus Day, a day to appreciate the beauty of birds’ dawn songs. Dawn Chorus Day began as a small event in Birmingham, England in the 1980s and has grown to be a worldwide celebration of birdsong. You can join in wherever you are by listening to the

There’s Something About Penguins

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2025/05/02

There’s just something about penguins. Pleasantly plump, they stand upright and teeter like toddlers. Although often depicted in black and white, most are actually more colorful. Seven species have long, jaunty golden feather tufts above their eyes. King Penguins and Emperor Penguins have necks that

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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2025/05/01

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are the only hummingbirds that nest in the Eastern states. Most Ruby-throats spend the winter in Central America. By March, some males are already returning to the Southeast. But it's well into April before they reach the northern states. Female hummingbirds arrive a

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