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Magazine Author: Liz Magnanti

Young Carolina Wren: photo courtesy Flickr; Jean Weller.

Bizarre birds

So often when we watch birds in their natural habitats, we see them singing, nesting, hunting, and more. The more you watch birds, you might

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A mostly yellow with some black and white Goldfinch bird perched on a birdseed feeder in Rochester, N.Y.

Spring birding

As the days get longer and the temperatures begin to increase, our resident birds who stayed all winter will start to fill the air with

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Backyard butterflies

Bee balm, salvia, coneflower, milkweed, and butterfly bush often come up in the conversation about plants for butterfly gardening. There are, however, some other (possibly

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Miracle monarchs

September is a key time to see one the most interesting animals in our region—the monarch butterfly. The monarch makes an amazing migration down to

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