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This new species may be the first bird hybrid created by climate change. Here's why that's a good thing

Brian Stokes is a “birder,” and his specialty is green jays. As a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, Stokes spends his free time scrolling online, sleuthing around for bird ...
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Hilton Head birders identify a hybrid bird species. It’s the first of its kind.

Mary Alice Tartler knows her birds, but she didn’t know this one. She had arrived at her friend’s house on Hilton Head Plantation this past winter to photograph humming birds that frequented a bird ...
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Rare bird alert leads to blue jay-green jay hybrid discovery in Texas

Birds of a feather flock together, the adage goes. But a rare bird spotted in Texas suggests there's more ornithological intermingling than previously thought. When researchers at the University of ...
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Backyard birder in Texas helps researchers make groundbreaking discovery about hybrid songbird

TEXAS, USA — Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered what may be the first vertebrate hybrid created by climate change, after two bird species expanded their ranges and met in ...