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Edward W. Rose III Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
By Team eBird
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology invites applications for our Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowships. These competitive postdoctoral fellowship awards (www.birds.cornell.edu/postdoc) support innovative, independent research by early career scholars of exceptional promise. Multiple Rose Fellow positions are available annually, with applications due on September 8. All Rose Fellows join a vibrant community of more than a…
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July Recording Contest

July Recording Contest
By Macaulay Library Team
This event has ended, but stay tuned for future contests. Congratulations to our winners for this time, Justin Watts, Phil Green, and Bruce Rideout! July is an underrated month when it comes to sound recording. Quieter than May or June, it still has plenty to offer: song can still fill the air, adults call near nests or fledglings, and young…
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Dance Moves Support Evidence for New Bird-of-Paradise Species

Dance Moves Support Evidence for New Bird-of-Paradise Species
By Macaulay Library Team
The Superb Bird-of-Paradise—the shape-shifting black bird of central New Guinea that woos its mate with an iridescent blue “smiley-face” dance—has an equally superb cousin in the isolated mountains of Indonesia’s Bird’s Head Peninsula in the island’s far west. Scientist Ed Scholes and photographer Tim Laman, with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Birds-of-Paradise Project, have now…
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Female Bird Song Project
By Team eBird
by Karan Odom Most birders know that males of many bird species sing. Less well known is that females of many species sing too – and that their songs can often be equally beautiful and complex. In fact, recent research shows that females sing in about 2/3 of songbird species, and that female songs likely evolved…
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Ben Mirin, Wildlife DJ

Ben Mirin, Wildlife DJ
By Macaulay Library Team
Wildlife DJ and contributor to Macaulay Library, Ben Mirin, creatively weaves sounds of animals into rhythmic echoes of nature. He has captured the acoustic soundscapes of the forests of Borneo, the Sonoran Desert, and the Great Barrier Reef by mixing bird songs, cougar growls, cicada chirps, parrot fish feeding, waves, and wind into music that…
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Meet Our Team

Meet Our Team
By Macaulay Library Team
The Macaulay Library is supported by a team of hard-working people who are dedicated to birds, nature, and scientific discovery. Our director, Dr. Mike Webster, leads a team of archivists and developers that support a world-class archive of media documenting animal behavior. Visit Our Team page to learn about us. The scientists and students that work…
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Spring Recording Contest

Spring Recording Contest
By Macaulay Library Team
This event has ended, but stay tuned for future contests. Congratulations to our winners for this time, Lynden Schofield, David Eberly, and Josh Fecteau! Now that spring is well upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere, bird song fills the air! Why let it go undocumented? As a way to encourage everyone out there to go out…
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