Days after its frenzied arrival, birders are still trickling to Kauffman pond to photograph and look on in excitement matched with fear

Researchers at Cornell Lab of Ornithology, University of Massachusetts and University of Illinois have developed breakthrough methods to track the migration of individual bird species by combining participatory science data with weather radar technology.

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Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are natural carriers of bird flu viruses. Scientists suspect that ...

Darin McNeil, Ph.D., an assistant professor of wildlife management in the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, is partnering with the University of Pittsburgh and others to help build an artificial intelligence tool that could give bird researchers a new way to follow one of Appalachia's most vulnerable songbirds.

Birds won't be able to resist it.

It's funny how inquisitive and cautious the birds are when they first spot April. You can practically see them weighing the risks before deciding the free food is worth it. Commenter @Brandi summed it up perfectly: "The way they peek around your head! I'm cracking up, this is great!"

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