Living Bird Summer 2017—Table Of Contents

Feature Articles

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  Jack Pine Juggernauts: What Will Happen to Kirtland’s Warblers After Delisting?

  By Greg Breining; Photos by Craig Watson

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  Lost Birds: The Search to Rediscover Species That Might Not Yet Be Extinct

  By Sarah Gilman

  Blue-eyed Ground-Dove by Rafael Bessa.
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  The Beauty and Biology of Egg Color

  By Pat Leonard

  One of the key functions of egg pigmentation is camouflage. These Little Ringed Plover eggs blend in with their stony surroundings. Photo by Michel Poinsignon/Minden Pictures.
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  Soaring in Circles: Two Road Trips to See California Condors, Thirty Years Apart

  By Hugh Powell

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  A New Dawn for the Night Parrot

  By Sarah Toner

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  Two Tips for Telling a Bird’s Age by Its Molt Patterns

  By Nate Swick

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  Analysis: The Economic Value of Birds

  By Çağan H. Şekercioğlu

  The U.S. Air Force has used Peregrine Falcons to drive away European Starlings and other birds that pose threats to aircraft at air bases. Photo by Nick Dunlop.