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Editor's
Note
The cure for "overpessimism"? Take a look at our sandhill cranes.
By David Seideman
Audubon
View
As Pale Male and Lola prove, birds can inspire people to take action.
By
John Flicker
Letters
Field
Notes
Global climate change: moving to the front burner?; messing up Europe's
forests; how big is a "footprint" in Alaska?; a Kaufman guide
for Spanish speakers.
Migrations
Red Alert
A Florida IBA provides critical habitat for the red-cockaded woodpecker.
By Frank Graham Jr
Incite
That Sinking Feeling
Longwall mining undermines habitat, and lives, in coal country.
By Ted Williams
Earth
Almanac
A prolific singer; a fearsome fish; blues in the woods; morel values;
more.
By Ted Williams
Audubon
Directory
Reviews
All
Aflutter
A birdwatching history, from gentlemanly pursuit to high-powered hobby.
By Thomas Urpuhart
One
Picture
The vote's in, and it's the elephant by an eyelash.
Photograph by Tim Flach/Text by Les Line
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Cover
Story
How
the Nest was Won
Pale Male and Lola's Manhattan adventure is a classic New
York story of power and personality. It also shows the resilience
of nature, even in this, the most urban of places.
By Jesse Greenspan
Audubon
Sanctuary
Showtime!
Every year, like clockwork, a half-million sandhill cranes descend
on Nebraska's Platte River, enthralling thousands in what is
one of nature's grandest spectacles.
By Frank Graham Jr./Photography by Joel Sartore
The
Arctic
Bound
for Tomorrow
The migration of western Alaska's caribou herd is as relentless as the march
of time itself. Now, with the administration chomping at the bit, the herd's
future is in doubt.
By Jeff Fair/Photography by Tom Walker
Cover
photo by Cal Vornberger
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Birds
The
Sound of Music
Although birdsong has fascinated
and enchanted us for centuries, only today are scientists beginning
to understand how birds communicate.
By Don Stap/Photography
by John Goodman
The Oldest Music
Hear some selections from The Singing Life of Birds,
by Donald Kroodsma.
Photo
Essay
Into the Breach
A young, self-taught photographer eagerly embraces the extremes
of wild Alaska to carry on his "conversations with nature."
Photography by Norio Matsumoto/Text by David
Malakoff
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