Category: Birdwatching

In Search of the Northern Cassowary

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This YouTube video was produced by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Learn more: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/conservation-media/the-forgotten-forest/

Deep in West Papua’s rainforests, the Northern Cassowary serves as an “unknowing architect,” dispersing seeds that sustain these vital ecosystems. Yet this massive, flightless bird remains largely undocumented and misunderstood.

This film follows wildlife photographer Tim Laman and conservationist Yoki Hadiprakarsa as they collaborate with local forest guides, using camera traps to capture rare footage of this secretive species. The project reveals the cassowary’s unique behaviors while showcasing the transformation of local communities from hunters to guardians.

Created for the 2026 International Conference on Nature-based

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Canada Jay: Whiskyjack

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This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.

The Canada Jay is a bird of many evocative nicknames, including Camp Robber, Gorby, and Whiskyjack. The first two names refer to this bird’s exceptionally tame, bold behavior around humans. “Gorby” is thought to derive from the Scots-Irish word gorb, meaning “glutton.” Folklore told that a gorby was the soul of a dead woodsman, and that any harm done to a gorby rebounded upon the person who harmed the bird.

Clever, curious, and opportunistic, the Canada Jay is incredibly tame and very bold around humans. Some Canada Jays will even

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You Want to Find Them – Celebrate the Wonder of Birds

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This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.

American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is taking bold action for birds in 2025 and beyond — and we need your help!

For more than 30 years, ABC has benefited 3,000 bird species and conserved 10 million acres of habitat, working together with our partners across the Americas. But the challenges facing birds today are more urgent than ever.

Will you help us continue to build the bridge From Wonder to Action by supporting bird conservation? Join ABC and take bold action for birds today: https://act.abcbirds.org/a/donate-fa25-web-gen?ms=yt_ask_gen_findthem_30sec

American Bird Conservancy stands up for

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