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Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca, NY birds.cornell.edu Joined October 2008
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House Finches, Purple Finches, and Cassin's Finches are some of our favorite winter feeder visitors, but they can be tricky to tell apart. Learn what to look for and test your ID skills with a replayable quiz: academy.allaboutbirds.org/finches-with-r…
academy.allaboutbirds.org House Finches, Purple Finches, and Cassin's Finches | Bird Academy • The Cornell Lab House Finch Purple Finch Cassin's Finch Can you tell a House Finch from a Purple Finch or Cassin's Finch? These finches are some of our favorite c ...
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Lead ammunition breaks into tiny fragments that can poison Bald Eagles and other animals, including people. A new effort is tapping into the hunting community's strong history of conservation to encourage the adoption of safer copper ammunition.

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news.cornell.edu To help eagles, NYS deer hunters can choose non-toxic ammo | Cornell Chronicle New York state agencies are encouraging hunters to choose non-lead ammunition to benefit both wild animals and humans, with help from Cornell communication and wildlife experts.
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Our Bird of the Week lives along NW coasts of N America. Males, patterned in black, white & buff w/ touches of green on the head. Females, a dark-chocolate brown. In winter it gathers in large flocks, diving in unison to grab prey. Seen a Steller's Eider? allaboutbirds.org/guide/Stellers…
www.allaboutbirds.org Steller's Eider Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology A little-known but spectacular seaduck of the High Arctic, the Steller’s Eider is smaller and less oceangoing than the three other eider species. Males are rich orange-buff below with bold black-an...
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Look for our Bird of the Week "kiting" above N American grasslands along the W Coast & in southern corners of TX and FL. From high in the air, this shimmering, white aerialist drops straight down with open talons to snatch prey. Seen a White-tailed Kite? allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-ta…
www.allaboutbirds.org White-tailed Kite Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Grasslands and savannas are great places to fly a kite and that's exactly where you will find the White-tailed Kite, flying as if it were attached to a kite string. With its body turned toward the...