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The Northern Shrike: Songbird Like No Other

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Dec 10, 2020   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

The Northern Shrike: Songbird Like No Other

Not long ago, John Wright of Fairbanks heard a thump against a window above his deck. He pulled on his coat and walked out to investigate. He was surprised to see a lovely pine grosbeak down on the deck. Standing above it was a northern shrike — a predatory songbird with a black eye-mask that […]

American Robins not Heading North Quite Yet

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jan 14, 2019   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

American Robins not Heading North Quite Yet

While walking the streets of Washington, D.C., last month, a pleasant sound stopped me. A male robin was singing, high in a sidewalk sycamore. It was December, months away from when that bird would use the same voice to declare his breeding territory. I wondered why he practiced now, as I stood amid the urban […]

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