A weekly roundup of nature related odds and ends.
Winner of the 2011 Federal Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest. (Image: Abraham Hunter/USFWS)
The Cornell Lab Bird Academy tells the Duck Stamp success story in How Hunters and Artists Helped Save North America’s Waterfowl.
Also, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology offers their predictions for Birding With Technology in 2025. In the last decade, high-tech gadgets have flooded into everyday lives, giving people the ability to carry whole libraries in their pockets, instantly play (and record) natural sounds and video, and connect with others more quickly and more easily than ever before. As the pace increases, how will technology affect bird watching? The writers took a road trip through Silicon Valley, talking to birders and tech entrepreneurs, to bring you these predictions.
Long distance thru-hikes are transformative experiences. Backpacker Basecamp features 5 Thru-Hikers on What the Trail Taught Them.
Compiled by Bob Butters
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