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Macaque monkey,  Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) in Lopburi, Thailand.  Photo courtesy of 'Chris huh' and Wikipedia.

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How to Offer Wild Birds Shelter in the Winter

Not all birds migrate south for the winter.  Winter is a hard season for birds, and many risk freezing to death at night. It doesn't take much effort or money to provide shelter for them, and it can make a huge difference to the little feathered guys!

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Editors Lanney Atchley Electrical engineer, New Mexico
  Mike Snider Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Emily Johnson Happy News, Dallas, Texas
  Jeff Radford Corrales Comment, Corrales, New Mexico
  Richard Murphy DOD Budget and Program Analyst, Clearwater, Florida
Air flight Kenneth Baldwin University of California, Irvine
space Danny RJ Ball National Scientific Balloon Facility
  Ron Brooks University of Guelph in Ontario
  Michael Buckley Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
  Don Burchette HI-FLOAT, Louisville, Kentucky
  Jonathon Dowling Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  Harry A. Dwyer University of California at Davis
  Louis Friedman Planetary Society
  Mike Gentry Johnson Space Center
  Yanping Guo Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
  James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center
  Deborah Jackson Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  Susan Lendroth Planetary Society
  Chris Peat Heavens Above
  Daniel A. Russell Kettering University, Flint, Michigan
  Randy Russell U Corp for Atmospheric Research
  Jeff Scott Aerospaceweb.org
  Chiang Shih Florida State University
  Aspi Wadia GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Ohio
Animals Kiyokazu Agate Evolutionary Regeneration, Japan
  Gary Anderson University of Southern Mississippi
  Kellar Autumn Lewis and Clark College
  John Bianchi Audubon Society, New York
  Kristine Barsky California Dept of Fish and Game
  Troy Bartlett Nature photographer
  Richard Bowen Colorado State University
  Adam Britton http:/crocodilian.com
  Greg Butcher Audubon Science Office, Pennsylvania
  Jerry Butler Entomologist, University of Florida
  Gary Carmichael NM Fish & Wildlife
  Michael Caldwell University of Alberta, Canada
  Roy Caldwell University of California
  Scott Camazine Biologist, Pennsylvania
  John Capinera Entomologist, University of Florida
  Sean Carroll University of Wisconsin, Madison
  Keith Channing The Hawk Conservancy
  Jeff Cilik Peregrine Fund
Animals Martin Cohn University of Florida
  Allen Collin Inst of Animal Ecology and Cell Biology
  Martin Collins British Antarctica Survey
  Beth Coleman Canterbury Environmental Education Centre
  Richard Connor University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  George Constantinescu University of Missouri-Columbia
  Randel T. Cox University of Memphis
  Diane Cowan Lobster Conservancy
  Reginald B. Cocroft University of Missouri-Columbia
  C. Cruz-Landim Sno Paulo State University, Brazil
  Eberhard Curio Ruhr-University, Germany
  Innes Cuthill University of Bristol, UK
  John Daly National Health Institute
  Michael Davidson Florida State University
  Daniel R. Dawson Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory
  Sharon Dewar San Diego Zoo
  Michael Dickinson California Institute of Technology
  Brian DeBroff Yale School of Medicine
  John Dumbacher California Academy of Sciences
  Jason Dunlop Museum für Naturkunde
  Dave Fant Log Cabin Wilderness Camp
  Cesar Fernandez Photographer
  Millicent Ficken University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  Joan Fleming Saanichton Xmas Tree & Ostrich farm
  John Foltz University of Florida, entomology
  Holly Frisby Drs Foster & Smith, Inc., Wisconsin
  Peter JS Franks Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Animals Frietson Galis University of Leiden, the Netherlands
  Glenn Gauvry Ecological Research & Development Group Inc
  Luke George Huboldt State University, ornithology
  Robert Gill USGS Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska
  Jon Glase Cornell University, biology
  Wulfila Gronenberg University of Arizona
  Tómas G. Gunnarsson Snćfellsnes Research Centre, Iceland
  Onur Güntürkün Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
  Geoffrey Haines-Stiles Passport to Knowledge
  J. Woodland Hastings Harvard University
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  Blair Hedges Pennsylvania State University
  Steve Heydon Bohart Museum of Entomology
  Christine Janis Brown University
  Bruce Jayne University of Cincinnati
  Christoffer Johansson Lunds University in Sweden
  Susan Jones Ohio State University
  Philippe Jourde  Service Etude du Patrimoine Naturel, France
  Jim Kalisch University of Nebraska, entomology
  Masakazu Konishi California Institute of Technology
  Maurice Kottelat Ichthyologist consultant
  Dennis Kunkel Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc.
  Harold Laughlin University of Missouri-Columbia
  William Laurance Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
  Jeff LeClere www.herpnet.net Iowa
  Jonathan Leeming Scorpions of Southern Africa
  John Liddiard Underwater photographer
Animals James Keith Lindsey University of Ličge, Belgium
  Jeff Lockwood University of Wyoming
  Ken Lohmann U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  Jonathan Lyman Alaska Department of Fish and Game
  Michael Mace San Diego Zoo
  Paul MacKenzie Elephant information repository
  Peter Mantle Delphi Lodge, County Galway, Ireland
  David Marshall University of Connecticut
  Bruce Mate Oregon State University
  Steve Mayer Purdue U Cooperative Extension
  Peter McEvoy Oregon State University
  Richard Merrick Woods Hole, Maine
  Charles Meyers American Museum of Natural History
  Geoffrey F. Miller University of New Mexico
  John Meyer North Carolina state University
  Darrell Moore East State Tennessee University
  Ryosuke Motani University of Toronto
  Phil Myers U of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  Peter Narins UCLA physiology
  Ed Nieuwenhuys Entomologist, the Netherlands
  Julian Paren British Antarctica Survey
Animals David Patterson Marine Biological Laboratory, NASA
  Eric Pianka University of Texas.
  Anne Pusey U of Minnesota, Center primate studies
  Rejane Reginato University of California, Santa Barbara
  Jan Ove Rein Norwegian U of Science & Technology
  Mickey Rowe University of California, Santa Barbara
  Dave Rugh National Marine Mammal Lab
  Klaus Schulten University of Illinois, Champagne
  David J. Schwab NOAA
  Jean Sept Indiana University
  Geoff Shaw University of Melbourne
  Scott & Kelly Shilala The Easy Chicken, Pennsylvania
  Ronald L. Shimek Invertebrate zoologist
  Jutta M. Schneider University of Hamburg
  D. H. Shedd Randolph College, Virginia
  Spook Skeleton Wildlife photographer
  Monty Sloan Wildlife photographer
  Sheryl Soucy-Lubell Bohart Museum of Entomology
  John Speakman University of Aberdeen in Scotland
  Tom Spande National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
  Craig Springer NM Fish & Wildlife
  Fred Spoor University College London
  Daniel Stahler National Park Service
  Dave Stegenga Carleton University
Animals Kenneth Storey Honolulu Zoo
  Robert Suter Vassar College
  Gregory Sword USDA Agricultural Research Lab
  Ralph Taggart Michigan State University
  Tan Heok Hui Raffles Museum in Singapore
  Bruce Tate British Antarctica Survey
  Cheryll Tickle University of Dundee, UK
  Tom Titus University of Oregon
  Jeffery W. Tyler University of Missouri at Columbia
  Steven van Leeuwen Bartleby.com
  Henry Vanderploeg NOAA
  Julian FV Vincent Bath University, UK
  David Wake University of California at Berkeley
  Charles Walcott Cornell University, neurobiology
  Nick Waser University of California, Riverside
  Rick Watson The Peregrine Fund
  Robert Wayne UCLA, biology
  John Webb Atlantic Salmon Trust, UK
  Larry Weber Naturalist, The Marshall School
  Gerald Weissengruber University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria
  Martin Wells Cambridge University, UK
Animals Randall Wells Chicago Zoological Society
  A.T. White Palaeos
  Alex Wild Myrmecos.net
  Daniel Williams California State University
  Steve Yanoviak University of Texas Medical Branch
  Eric Ythier The Scorpion Fauna
  Linda Zettler Marine Biological Laboratory, NASA
Art Jeff Adams Photographer, Florida
camera William Bolcom University of Michigan
movies Anthony Cook  Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles
music Dave Etchells Imaging Resource Digital Camera
records David Marshall Ancestral Instruments, UK
  Eef Masson  Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  Lu Rarogiewicz Mount Wilson Weather Station, Calif
  Rhiannon Schmitt Fiddleheads Violins
  Norm Vargus Los Angeles Astronomical Society
  Curt Welch Newsreader.com
  Roger Wilmut UK recording engineer
Astronomy David Burrows Pennsylvania State University
  Brian Chaboyer Astrophysics, Dartmouth University
  David Charbonneau Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  Anthony Cook Griffith Observatory, LA California
  Julian Dowdeswell Scott Polar Research Institute
  Mark Dragovan Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  Fred Espenak NASA, www.MrEclipse.com
  Gilbert Esquerdo Planetary Science Institute
  Mike Gentry NASA, Johnson Space Center
  Kim Gordon California State University, Long Beach, CA
  J. Richard Gott III Astrophysics, Princeton University
  Andrew JS Hamilton University of Colorado
  David Hathaway Marshall Space Flight Center
  Johnny Horne The Fayetteville Observer
  Peter Ifland US Navy Reserve, Cincinnati, Ohio
  Rebecca A. Johnson McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin
  Robert Kirshner Harvard University
  John Kormendy University of Texas at Austin
  Dennis Kortyka Astrophotographer, Kingsville, Ohio
  Greg Landsberg Brown University
  Jerry Ledriguss Astrophotographer, NASA
Astronomy Brian Marsden Harvard-Smithsonian  Astrophysics
  Robert Massey Greenwich Observatory, England
  Richard McCray University of Colorado
  M. Coleman Miller University of Maryland
  John Mosley Griffith Observatory, LA California
  Rod Nave Georgia State University, Atlanta
  Don Neff NOAA, CMDL
  Jim O'Donnell Royal Observatory Greenwich in London
  Guy Ottewell Universal Workshop at Furman Univ
  Chris Peat Heavens Above
  Christine Pulliam Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  Dave Ransom NASA
  Harry Shipman University of Delaware
  Donald Simanek New Haven University of Pennsylvania
  Inseok Song Gemini Observatory
  Dave Thomas Quasar, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  Peter Thomas Astronomy, Cornell University
  Mike Turner Radiophysics & Space, U of Chicago
Computers Bill Case Northrup Grumman
electronics Erin Hartin Maxtor Corporation
radio Brian Smith Ramsey Electronics
radar Roger Wilmut UK recording engineer
  Robert Wise Maxtor Corporation
  Peter Wittenburg Boeing Aircraft
Earth Lawrence Anna USGS
 sciences Photius Coutsoukis Theodora Maps, Flags, and Fact Files
  Neal Dorst Atlantic Ocean and Meteorological Lab
  Thaddeus Dyman Ask a geologist
  Eric Geist U.S. Geological Survey, California
  Gary Glatzaier Earth sciences, U of C at Santa Cruz
  James F. Kasting Pennsylvania State University
  Nick Lancaster Desert Research Institute
  Gloria Maender USGS
  Don Neff NOAA, CMDL
  Stuart McGown Brooke Weston City Tech College
  Andrew Michael Earthquake's Hazards,  USGS
  Marith Reheis USGS
  John Ford Shroder University of Nebraska, Omaha
  Gary Smith University of New Mexico, Geology
  Pete Winn Geologist, Colorado
Evolution Sean B. Carroll University of Wisconsin, Madison
  Jenny Clack U Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
  Loďc Costeur Université de Nantes, France
  Ondine Evans The Australian Museum
  Roger Grace SARC: U of Oslo
  Jeff Innis Pediatric geneticist
  Gail Kennedy UCLA, anthropology professor
  Ryosuke Motani Paleontologist
  Anne Musser The Australian Museum
  Patty Stegman Wyoming Dinosaur Center
  Charles Taylor UCLA, biology
Genetics Patricia Clark U of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
  Lannett Edwards U of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
  Aaron Shafer San Jose Tech Museum
  Louisa Stark U of Utah Genetic Science Learning Ctr
  Neal Stewart U of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
  Tom Volk University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse
Humans Leslie Baer Harvey Mudd College
  Samir Bangalore Northwestern University medical school
  Sarah Blakemore London Inst of Neurology
  Jolene H. Bodily Inst for Quality Health U of Virginia
  Jolie Bookspan Research physiologist
  Rob Britt Space HQT
  Charles I. Berlin Kresge Hearing Lab at Louis State Univ
  William Calvin Biophysics, U of W School of Medicine
  Ernest Campbell Diving Medicine Online
  Kirby Chambliss Aerobatic champion pilot
  Eric Chudler U of Washington, neuroscientist
  Stéphane Commo L'Oréal Recherche, France
  Brian M. DeBroff Yale School of Medicine
  Herman Dierick Neurosciences Institute in San Diego
  G William Domhoff University of California, Santa Cruz.
  Bruno Dubuc Canadian Institutes of Neuroscience, Mental Health, and Addiction
  David Eagleman U of Texas Medical School, Houston
  Edward Finegan University of South California
  Jonas Frisén Karolinska Institute in Stockholm
  Fred Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  Ed German onin.com
  John diGiovanna Brown University
  Elizabeth Gould Princeton
  Ralph Greenspan Neurosciences Institute in San Diego
  Mary I. Jones National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
  Harvey Kliman Yale School of Medicine
Humans Len Kravitz University of New Mexico
  Cindy Lustig Washington University in St. Louis
  Mike Mangold Aerobatic champion pilot
  Malia F. Mason Columbia School of Business