Since You Asked
Julie Craves
Contributing Editor Julie Craves is a tireless researcher and bird bander with a keen interest in the stopover ecology of migrant birds. She is also a personable writer with a gift for making everything she writes readable and entertaining. Her first article in Birder's World, "Forest Fire-tail," a profile of the American Redstart, appeared in June 1994. She answers readers' questions about birds in her column "Since You Asked" in every issue of the magazine.

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Since You Asked: Hummingbirds, Mallards, and tails

Answers to readers' questions about incubating, brood parasitism, and tail pumping

By Julie Craves
Published: June 25, 2010
Earthquakes, shed feathers, and cormorants

Answers to readers' questions about predicting earthquakes, decaying feathers, and raiding nests

By Julie Craves
Published: April 23, 2010
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Answers to readers' questions about making brush piles, birds that regurgitate seeds, and cardinals that aren't red

By Julie Craves
Published: February 19, 2010
Answers to readers' questions about the color of cardinals' bills, songbirds that are active at night, and Mourning Doves that are missing toes
By Julie Craves
Published: December 28, 2009
Answers to readers' questions about goldfinches that pluck daisy petals, swallows that help at the nest, and hummingbirds that appear to sleep during the day
By Julie Craves
Published: October 23, 2009
Answers to readers' questions about feeding ducks and geese in parks and the Osprey's hunting preferences
By Julie Craves
Published: August 21, 2009
Answers to readers' questions about flight order, birds that return year after year, and birding devices
By Julie Craves
Published: June 19, 2009
Answers to readers' questions about abnormal plumage and the effects of rain and algal blooms on birds
By Julie Craves
Published: April 24, 2009
Answers to readers' questions about aging owls and deterring squirrels
By Julie Craves
Published: February 20, 2009
Answers to readers' questions about colors, feeding, nesting, and hopping vs. walking
By Julie Craves
Published: January 1, 2009
Answers to readers' questions about banding, nighttime feeding, and injuries
By Julie Craves
Published: November 1, 2008
Answers to readers' questions about bonding, flying, and dying
By Julie Craves
Published: August 22, 2008
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