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Block Island’s Nature Preserves Offer Solitude and Wildlife

On Block Island, a tiny dot off the New England coast, birders and other nature lovers can find beauty and solitude in 2,500 acres of ponds, dunes and marshes.

By Karen Angel

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A 12,000-Year-Old Bird Call, Made of Bird Bones

A collection of small flutes carved from waterfowl bones may have been used as hunting aids, a new study suggests.

By Franz Lidz

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‘Birds Are My Eyesight’

For some blind birders, avian soundscapes are a way to map the world around them. Increasing noise pollution is imperiling that navigation.

By Jim WilsonThe New York Times

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How Sketching Birds Changes the Way You See Them

Readers shared their drawings and explained how it changed the way they observe birds.

By The New York Times