Tag Archives: IUCN

You Share the Planet With #2: Glistening-green Tanager

Posted on 25 March 2020 by Tim O'Connell

It’s taken me one year for the 2nd installment of this series on species of birds new to me, and perhaps to you too. I want to resist the temptation to only present the most colorful species when I do … Continue reading →

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You Share the Planet With #1: The Malay Peacock-pheasant

Posted on 25 March 2019 by Tim O'Connell

If you’re like most people – I mean literally most, as in >99% of the people who have ever lived – then this one you will file under TIL (today I learned). My Ornithology students are currently exploring the diversity … Continue reading →

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Waterthrush Podcast #24: FOY Season

Posted on 16 January 2016 by Tim O'Connell

There’s a new episode of The Waterthrush Podcast available.  Check it out to learn about 4 big ideas to advance science, the biggest big year ever, and what this FOY stuff is all about.

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Birds Alive – the new Handbook of the Birds of the World Newsletter

Posted on 16 December 2014 by Tim O'Connell

Wow!  Rarely have I seen a single source with more fascinating content on the birds of the world than the new Birds Alive newsletter. In addition to the latest news on critically endangered birds, newly described species, and exciting new … Continue reading →

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