May Birds Return In A Storied Spring Welcome
The piece celebrates May as old home week for birds, naming chimney swifts, bobolinks, rose-breasted grosbeaks, Baltimore orioles, and warblers. It notes migration timing, wintering grounds in Peru, Bolivia, and Mexico, and urges readers to greet yard and woodland visitors as spring moves toward summer, with several species passing through or nesting by May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Bolivia
Brazil
Argentina
Red-bib
Mexico
Central America
Columbia
Venezuela
Shorebird migration and plumage changes noted across wetlands
Readers report flooded fields hosting richer shorebird activity with greater and lesser yellowlegs and several sandpiper species, including rare large-size dandies like the marbled godwit and Hudsonian godwit. The piece explains molt and color changes in goldfinches and other birds, and notes Pastor Mr. Robbins of Medford and Dorchester, a Milwaukee Museum ornithology researcher, contributing comments from Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbins
Medford
United Church of Christ
Dorchester
Milwaukee Public Museum
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Musk ox bring new hope to natives College Alaska
The musk ox helps alleviate poverty in 24 Arctic villages and the Aleutians through an expanding industry of raising the animal and knitting its wool. Led by John J. Teal Jr., the venture supports Cooperatives and the Institute of Northern Agricultural Research, with plans for two new farms and broader expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleutian Islands
John J. Teal Jr
Mr. Teal
Unalakleet
Alaska
The
Institute of Northern Agricultural Research
Teal
Harvard University
Canada
Vermont
College
Benin Sea
Nunivak
USDA
North America
Eurasia
Greenland
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By Sam Robbins
Lord Baltimore
Massachusetts
Robbins Nest
E.W
Emerald
Bauer Built
Archase Dames
Firestar
MacPherson
Durand
West Prospect
Ovibus Moschatus
United States
Matilda
Milton
Musk Ox Producers Cooperative
Old Fort Chimo
Quebec
Bardu
Norway
Eric the Red
Arctic
Seesa
Chippewa Falls
Palle Rd
Barron
E. Division
Balsam Lake
River Falls Hwy
Whitehall
Dodge St
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