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The Science of Saw-whet Owls
The Science of Saw-whet Owls
Small, secretive, and nocturnal, Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) are one of the most common – and most elusive – owls in Northern forests. In the fall of 2022, the Harris Center established a saw-whet banding station on SuperSanctuary lands as part…
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ESI: Book Group – Christian Cooper’s “Better Living Through Birding”
ESI: Book Group – Christian Cooper’s “Better Living Through Birding”
Many of us are familiar with one fateful moment in Christian Cooper’s life, thanks to a short video he filmed on the morning of May 25, 2020, while he was birding in Central Park. That video depicts a white woman…
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Specimen, Sport, and Spirit: Collectors and the Varied Interpretations of Bird Art
Specimen, Sport, and Spirit: Collectors and the Varied Interpretations of Bird Art
Bird art is a collecting category with many branches. Colleene Fesko and Amy Montague will engage in a lively discussion exploring why bird imagery speaks to several, often quite different, audiences—and if, in fact, there is a common denominator. Colleene…