birds

Nearly four decades ago, the birds were extinct in England and Scotland with just a few pairs left in Wales.

They show that structures analogous to the superior colliculus -- found in fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals -- share a common purpose: merging sensory and motor information to guide gaze and attention.

Nothing but the song of birds and our own footsteps on the return to the car.

"We hear a lot about how wildlife is struggling and it's good to see some birds that are thriving in the built environment," she adds.

Born April 6, 1928, in Chicago, he was the son of a bill collector for a mail-order school who had written a small book about birds in northern Illinois.