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BIOL: Birds - Ornithology

This is a resource guide for scholarly and scientific information about ornithology, the study of birds.

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Welcome to the Ornithology Research Guide! The information contained in this guide provides scholarly and scientific resources relating to the study of birds.

Articles of Interest

Nearly 30% of birds in U.S., Canada have vanished since 1970

Chart showing the decline in bird populations by 29 billion from 1970 to 2017.

Axelson, Gustave. (2019, September 19). Nearly 30% of Birds in U.S., Canada have Vanished Since 1970. Cornell Chronicle. 

A scientist found a bird that hadn’t been seen in half a century, then killed it. Here’s why.

"One of the first-ever photographs of the elusive Mustached Kingfisher, and the first male of the species ever observed."

Kaplan, Sarah. (2015, October 12). A Scientist found a bird the hadn't been seen in half a century, then killed it. Here's why. The Washington Post.

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