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A Massive Bird Migration Happens at Night, Here’s How to Witness It

Every spring and fall, something extraordinary happens in the sky. Without most people ever noticing, billions of birds take flight under cover of darkness. These nocturnal travelers are mostly small ...
Yahoo

That bird keeping you up at night is a native Texas species — here’s why it’s singing

Waking up to birds chirping can be relaxing. Waking up to a bird squawking in the middle of the night– well that’s just irritating. If you live in Fort Worth, you have most likely had this experience.
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Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: How noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong

We've all had a bad night's sleep, with a snoring partner, a crying baby or neighbors having too much fun. Sleep disturbances are common and have unpleasant consequences the day after, including ...
WAMC

The 10 year-old birdcaller who can trick birds with his calls

In some of the, well, less stressful corners of social media, you can hear all kinds of bird calls, people sharing recordings of birds that they took with their phones. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...
AgriLife Today

Listening to nature, one bird call at a time

At Texas A&M AgriLife Research’s Martin Ranch in the Edwards Plateau, researchers use 23 audio recorders to monitor bird ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

Nearly 600 bird calls detected at Arch during migration period

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – As another migration period is ...
The Indianapolis Star

As you slept, millions of birds flew over Indiana. Here's why and where they're headed

Indiana’s skies are a nighttime highway in the early weeks of May as millions of birds make the migratory passage north for their summer homes. Herons, sparrows and buntings of all varieties fly in ...