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Dining with Robins
Robins were a popular American dish for hundreds of years. What did it take to get them off the menu?
Dec 10, 2024
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We’re Not Sending Our Best
Americans have strong feelings about foreign birds naturalized in the U.S. It turns out we’ve also sent our fair share overseas.
Jan 14
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American Birds Abroad
To Europeans, America’s cardinals and mockingbirds were plenty exotic—and they couldn’t get enough of them.
Dec 17, 2025
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Republic of Feathers
I’m writing a book!
Nov 24, 2025
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Bird City
New York City Can’t Live With Its Birds, And It Can’t Live Without Them
Nov 11, 2025
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Dying Birds and the March of Civilization
Fearing extinction at the turn of the century
Oct 28, 2025
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Two Years of Birds
Some stats, highlights, and lessons after 50 posts at Bird History
Oct 7, 2025
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Chunk Ducks, Blatherskites, Butterballs, and Slug-toots
These used to be folk names for American birds. Where did they all go?
Sep 18, 2025
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