Living Bird editors write: “There are more than 50 million photos in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library archive [in Ithaca, New York]. Here are some of the best from the past year. For our 2024 photo essay we’re celebrating wonderful photos in five themes: the high-speed action of Thrill of the Chase, a look at our avian neighbors with Birds in Built Environments, a sampler platter of food types with Feeding Time, spectacular poses in Birds Never Cease to Amaze, and a peek at some of the world’s rarest birds with Rare Glimpses.