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News in Brief

Audubon Christmas Bird Count concludes in North Florida with familiar faces, first-timers and shifting migrations

January 14, 2022

The annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count concluded last week with volunteers tallying bird sightings in 28 countries throughout North, Central…
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dead birds

News in Brief

Northeast Florida ‘Lights Out’ project aims to reduce bird collision deaths

September 13, 2021

Each fall, millions of migratory birds fly over Florida under the cover of night, hightailing it south for the winter….
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Collections

Top killers of Florida birds: Trauma on land, starvation at sea

December 21, 2020

An analysis of birds that died at Florida wildlife rehabilitation clinics found songbirds and other land-dwelling species were most often…
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Andy Kratter in field

Florida Biodiversity

Attuned to loons: Birders track an obscure Florida flyway

July 15, 2020

An hour after sunrise, Andrew Kratter stands in the dew-soaked grass of an East Gainesville graveyard, watching the sky for…
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bird on reeds

News in Brief

Wrens aplenty and gulls galore: Highlights from the 2019 Gainesville Christmas Bird Count

December 18, 2019

The 62nd John Hintermister Gainesville Christmas Bird Count saw a profusion of great blue herons, flycatchers and whistling ducks –…
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ocellated turkey

Collections

How we stuff a turkey at the Florida Museum

November 25, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History added its own stuffed turkey to the estimated 45 million birds about to be…
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limpkin in museum exhibit

Five Facts

Five Facts: Limpkins in Florida

January 26, 2019

Limpkins, Aramus guarauna, are medium-sized wading birds with long legs and long, slightly curved beaks. Their bodies are covered in…
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A researcher holds the newly described manakin species, Machaeropterus eckelberryi, during a 1996 expedition to Peru. Florida Museum photo by Andy Kratter

Life on Earth

New Peruvian bird species discovered by its song

October 23, 2017

A new species of bird from the heart of Peru remained undetected for years until researchers identified it by its…
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chalk bass near a reef

Life on Earth

Relationship advice from a gender-bending fish

June 9, 2016

A 3-inch, monogamous, hermaphrodite proves the saying “there’s plenty more fish in the sea” isn’t always the case. For the tiny…
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brown bird specimen with collection tag

Life on Earth

New Frogmouth bird genus found in South Pacific Solomon Islands

April 1, 2007

Your bird field guide may be out of date now that Florida Museum of Natural History scientists discovered a new…
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