Bird Files: Blackpoll Warbler Fattens Up for Migration
Packing for a cross-country trip is all about the right clothes for the weather and remembering snacks to get through long car rides or flights. For the Blackpoll Warbler, it's about doubling in size and using new fat to fuel its overseas migration.
Piping Plovers Visit Lake Erie's Shores
Among the beachgoers attracted to the Lake Erie shore in the summer are a few—and only a few—tiny birds called piping plovers. They're part of a struggling Great Lakes population. The Allegheny Front's Bird Files contributor Mary Birdsong has been walking the beach in search of the plovers for a federal watch program.
Bird Files: Eagles Mate, Raise Messy Kids
Baby bald eagles are growing up quickly at this time of the year in our region. We can watch some of them through live cameras trained on their nests along Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers. What led to the baby eagles wasn’t caught on camera, but the birds’ mating ritual is quite a sight.
Bird Files: Baby Wood Ducks Drop Like Fuzzy Missiles
Newly hatched Wood Ducks make a daring dive from their nests, which can be as high as a 30-story building. These water foul with unusual child-rearing habits migrate north throughout March and April to return to their summer nesting grounds.
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