The piping plovers received much attention in Chicago again, and it’s well deserved. The return of mating plovers is a continuing avian success story in an era in which shrinking habitats and ...

A female American Kestrel nestling with its recently attached VHF back-pack style transmitter in the Virginia Piedmont study area. Feathers cover all but the antenna. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

This female, Lucy, was banded as a nestling and then recaptured the following spring as she laid her first clutch of eggs. Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are ...