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Fall 2025 Issue

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The 2025 探花精选 Photography Awards: Winners
September 17, 2025 — Enjoy our annual celebration of outstanding bird visuals鈥攏ow featuring new prizes and winners from across the Western Hemisphere.
探花精选 Photography Awards
A mother Wild Turkey hen perches on a sturdy branch with her wings spread, protecting her small chicks.
The Wild Turkey Is a Comeback Bird We Can鈥檛 Take for Granted
September 19, 2025 — From bustling towns to rural woodlands, turkeys seem to be everywhere these days. But despite being an undeniable conservation success, questions still loom about the fate of this beloved yet confounding bird.
Feature Stories
The three brothers pose for a portrait in Jim's home studio filled with paints and brushes, and a picture of Vincent Van Gogh on the wall.
For The Hautman Brothers, the Secret to Duck Stamp Dominance Is All in the Family
September 15, 2025 — The Minnesota painters have achieved unrivaled success in the federal government鈥檚 conservation-boosting art competition. They insist technical know-how has little to do with it.
Arts & Culture
Two magazine covers with different photos, one of a cormorant and one of a kingfisher.
Which Cover of Our Fall 2025 Issue of 探花精选 Magazine Did You Receive?
September 22, 2025 — Now in its 16th year, the 探花精选 Photography Awards doubles the awe.
Editor鈥檚 Note
A red helicopter hovers over a large flock of Snow Geese in a flat landscape.
Can Anything Stop the Explosion of Snow Geese in the Western Arctic?
September 19, 2025 — When a threatened species rebounds, it鈥檚 usually an unequivocal conservation success. When it comes to Snow Geese and their habitat-destroying ways, it鈥檚 complicated.
Feature Stories
Grid of three photos showing physical features of Wild Turkeys.
Get to Know a Wild Turkey's Weird Anatomy
September 19, 2025 — Snoods, beards, and wattles鈥攐h my!
Bird Questions and Facts
A group of male turkeys, feathers puffed out, walk side by side in a suburban front yard.
How to Defeat a Bully鈥擨f That Bully Is a Wild Turkey
September 19, 2025 — Our step-by-step guide to fending off an aggressive gobbler about town.
About Birds
A woman wears an ornate feather cape made with beads and turkey feathers.
Wild Turkeys Once Again Feature in Traditional Native Fashions
September 19, 2025 — Tribes across the continent have long valued the species鈥 feathers. Over the last few years, several artists have created modern works that showcase these cultural garments.
Arts & Culture
An aerial view of the confluence of the wetland and urban sprawl.
A Restoration Effort in Southcentral Chile Aims to Renew a Damaged Wetland
September 27, 2025 — The pioneering Americas Flyways Initiative project offers new promise for both migratory shorebirds and local communities increasingly threatened by flooding in a changing climate.
Conservation News
A bird's eye view of a subdivision abutting a forest.
North Carolina鈥檚 Population Boom Inspires Advocates to Protect Urban Forests
September 19, 2025 — As new residents flock to the state, 探花精选 and allies launch an effort to help communities save fast-disappearing city trees from development.
Conservation News
Two researchers, with equipment and notebooks splayed across a boardwalk in a forest, sit cross-legged while they record data.
Scientists Can Now Track How High Songbirds Fly Over the Ocean鈥攁 Potential Lifesaver
September 19, 2025 — Researchers are gathering new insights that improve migration science and may help make offshore wind energy more friendly to small birds with big treks.
Bird Migration
People sit on a bench in an urban park and look through binoculars.
A New Program Helps New York鈥檚 Public-Housing Residents Discover the Nature Right Outside Their Doors
September 19, 2025 — The city鈥檚 housing authority houses half a million people on campuses rich in green space. Advocates see that as a big opportunity to bring birding鈥檚 benefits to more New Yorkers.
Birding News
A collage of illustrations showing natural disasters, clean energy sources, healthy habitats, and a ballot box.
To Weather the Growing Costs of Climate Disasters, Some States Are Getting Creative
September 19, 2025 — From tourist taxes to polluter fees, states seek funding solutions to deal with the massive price tag of a warming world.
Climate
Illustration of kids building bird houses at a table and looking out the window at birds.
How Educators Are Fostering the Next Generation of Avian Advocates
September 18, 2025 — Experts say it isn鈥檛 hard to get kids excited about birds鈥攁nd conservation action.
Birding News
A portrait of the author standing in a pine forest in Maine.
This Psychologist Wants to Hear About the Moment You Fell in Love with Birds
September 19, 2025 — By collecting 鈥渟park bird stories,鈥 Jenn Lodi-Smith aims to understand why people get hooked on birds鈥攁nd how to encourage those experiences.
Birding
A squirrel hangs upside down eating from a suet feeder.
How to Stop Squirrels From Raiding Your Bird Feeders
September 18, 2025 — An expert shares guidance on rodent-resistant setups fit for any living space.
Bird Feeding and Care
A long exposure photo showing the movement of a flying squirrel gliding from a tree across a starry night sky.
It's a Bird, It's a Bat鈥擭o, It's a Flying Squirrel. And It Might Be Closer Than You Think.
September 19, 2025 — Flying squirrels are widespread across the United States, but spotting the nocturnal rodents takes some effort. Unless you're a Spotted Owl, that is.
At Home
A messy clump of leaves and sticks sits in the fork of a tree.
How to Tell if That Nest Belongs to a Squirrel or a Bird
September 18, 2025 — Squirrels build structures called dreys that can be easy to mistake for a crow or hawk鈥檚 nest.
Bird Nests and Breeding
A red squirrel climbing down a tree with a peanut in its mouth pauses and looks up.
Why Squirrels Deserve Your Respect (If Not Your Birdseed)
September 18, 2025 — Sure, they ransack feeders, but there鈥檚 a lot to love about the crafty rodents.
At Home
Ceramic sculpture of an American Oystercatcher on a circular base.
The Hidden World of the American Oystercatcher
September 18, 2025 — Inspired by ancient offering vessels, Rachel Frank鈥檚 sculpture captures the delicate cycle of a shorebird鈥檚 life in the intertidal zone.
The Aviary
A flock of Black-necked Stilts fly closely to the water.
Meeting the Moment
September 22, 2025 — 探花精选 takes its cues from birds to address the climate and conservation challenges of today鈥攁nd tomorrow.
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Other Issues
Summer 2025
After Four Decades, Efforts to Save Great Lakes Piping Plovers Are Seeing Signs of Major Success
Spring 2025
North Carolina's Cape Fear River Is a 鈥楩orever Chemical鈥 Hotspot鈥擶hat Does That Mean for Its Birds and People?
Winter 2024
How Much Longer Can These Cold-Loving Birds Last in the Rapidly Warming Rockies?
Fall 2024
Limpkins Are Everywhere All of the Sudden. What Is Going On?