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The Whooper Highway

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

Standing five feet tall and angel white, Whooping Cranes are the tallest birds in North America and the rarest crane species in the world. Once widespread throughout the Great Plains, the last wild migratory flock plummeted to 15 birds in the 1940s. Today, their number has climbed to some 540 birds, thanks to the conservation work by many. However, in a world inundated with urban development, habitat loss, water quality and quantity issues, and climate change–much is at stake.

Over five years, photographer and writer Mike Forsberg, working

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Introducing BirdWise! Explore Cornell Lab’s Newest Bird ID Training Tool: Edited Recording

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

We hosted a live event on Thursday, May 29 showcasing an exclusive, fun-filled look at our newest ID learning tool, BirdWise!

You’ll learn why we created BirdWise and get a chance toplay against our panelists as we try out some BirdWise quizzes together!

BirdWise is a quizzing tool that challenges you at just the right pace and lets you choose which birds to learn. It’s perfect for mastering local birds, preparing for travel, or clarifying those tricky species.

Continue enjoying BirdWise with the free preview, or purchase a

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America’s Arctic: Colville River Raptors

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The Colville River Special Area is one of five unique regions designated by the Bureau of Land Management within the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPR-A). Internationally recognized for its extraordinary raptor populations, it hosts one of the highest densities of nesting birds of prey in the circumpolar Arctic — including the iconic Arctic Peregrine Falcon, Gyrfalcon, and Rough-legged Hawk.

In the summer of 2024, a team from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology set out on an expedition to explore and document this remote and rugged landscape and the birds

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