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F9, 1/2000, ISO 5000, 20 frames per second. With the push of a button, I went from photographing a squirrel on the ground to capturing this im…

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In my column on the State of the Birds 2022 (Dec. 29, 2022), I talked about how ornithologists evaluate the conservation needs of various bird species. The species accompanying today’s column were all used, among other species, by State of the Birds to calculate population trends by habitat — long-billed curlew, ferruginous hawk, and vesper sparrow, for grasslands; sage thrasher and sagebrush sparrow for aridlands.

Despite decades of advocacy from businesses, climate-concerned citizens, and scientists urging for a rapid transition to clean energy, solar r…