Bird of the Month

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Coffee Review

A review of Bird Friendly and shade-grown coffees by Kenneth Davids is now available.

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Global Market for Bird Friendly Coffee

A summary of the market penetration of Bird Friendly® coffee is now available. It includes information on which countries grow it and how much they grow. Also includes information on the North American and Japanese markets.

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Job Openings

The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center has opportunities to participate in a long-term ecological study of forest bird populations at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Two types of positions are available: bird survey technician (we need 4) and warbler demography technician (we need 10).

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And four internships are available for an ecological study of the endemic Island Scrub-Jay on Santa Cruz Island, California.

More information and application form

Jamaica Research

Predicting how Jamaican bird communities in agroforestry systems will respond to climate change.

November’s Bird of the Month

copyright Jerry Acton

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Swamp Sparrow Song

copyright Gerhard Hofmann

Behold the glory of the male coastal plain swamp sparrow’s song from the female’s perspective! Caution: Rated PG-17

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National Zoo Now Features Bird Friendly® Coffee from El Salvador

The coffee comes from the unique Santa Teresa Estate in El Salvador owned by Marco and Teresa Batres.

The Santa Teresa Coffee Estate, operated by the Batres family for more than a century, is really an active volcano turned into a coffee estate. It may be the only coffee plantation in the world surrounded by geysers and thermal springs.

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October’s Bird of the Month

© George Jameson

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Studying Birds and West Nile