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Ornithology

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Education & Outreach

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…Read More

dead birds

Community Science

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….Read More

Loggerhead shrike

Collections

Birds’ eye size reflects habitat and diet, may predict sensitivity to environmental change

August 9, 2021

A new study shows the eye size of birds can reveal broad patterns of their biology and behavior, including where…Read More

person with butterfly case in collection

Awards & Honors

Florida Museum honors 2021 Austin, Bullen student research award winners

May 6, 2021

The Florida Museum of Natural History announced the 2021 winners of the Austin and Bullen Awards for student research and…Read More

five fossil bones

Life on Earth

Extinct Caribbean bird’s closest relatives hail from Africa, South Pacific

March 16, 2021

In a genetic surprise, ancient DNA shows the closest family members of an extinct bird known as the Haitian cave-rail…Read More

A bird specimen label

Life on Earth

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…Read More

rusty-colored bird

Life on Earth

Bright light bars big-eyed birds from human-altered landscapes

October 1, 2020

New research shows the glaring light in human-altered landscapes, such as livestock pastures and crop fields, can act as a…Read More

lineup of leg bones

Evolution

Giant, fruit-gulping pigeon eaten into extinction on Pacific islands

July 22, 2020

A large fruit-eating bird from Tonga joins the dodo in the lineup of giant island pigeons hunted to extinction. Fossils…Read More

Andy Kratter in field

Life on Earth

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…Read More

bird on reeds

Education & Outreach

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 –…Read More

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