Over the course of any given year, more than 200 bird species live just west of Manhattan's spires in the Hackensack Meadowlands. Scientists have known that for a while, with the Meadowlands serving ...

"First, it can verify that the call you initially heard was correct and indeed belonged to that bird. Second, bird-watching has always been about comprehensive observation — color, shape, behavior, ...

Among the devices that the children will see — many for the first time – is the shotgun microphone that, like binoculars for sounds, can pick up a bird call from a definite direction while cancelling ...