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Birds: Stories and Lore
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Here is a sampling of a few of Diane Porter's articles about birds and birding. Most have previously appeared in magazines, as noted in each story. Read Diane's stories, and see if you agree with her that birdwatching is your lifetime ticket to the theater of nature.
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Feathered Fire
Feathered in stone-cold black, grey, and white, the white-breasted nuthatch is a ball of metabolic fire. Its furious metabolism allows it to survive outdoors through the freezing night of a northern winter. |
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Soft-hearted Tree
Great crested flycatchers nest in the hollows that woodpeckers have excavated in dead or dying tree. Read about it in "The Secret Life of the Soft-hearted Tree." |
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The Eye of the Sharpie
Sharp-shinned hawks don't eat carrots. The author comes to terms with a sharpie hunting small birds at her feeder. |
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House Wrens Do Yard Work
This cover story for Bird Watcher's Digest, July, 2005, profiles the cocky, prolific house wren. It also tells how a family of wrens make good brocolli. |
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The Singing Life
"Looking Deeper into Bird Songs" is the story of how one birdwatcher discovered a whole new level of listening to music of birds. |
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Tough Titmouse
One morning last year, a certain titmouse began a quarrel with my living room window. It went on for nearly a year. His saga reveals something about the social structure of the tufted titmouse. |
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More Bird Stories
Articles about the relationship between birds and humans:
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Understanding what birds are doing:
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