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Did humans kill off one of the last dinosaurs, er, giant birds?

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This is one of several giant birds that went extinct fairly recently, and in many cases, humans as suspected. Genyornis newtoni lived in Australia, and recent research suggests that humans may have played a role in the extinction of this dinosaur laughingly called a bird, about 40,000 years ago. ka, and likely before 47?ka.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.

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Birding Shanghai in November 2022

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Since 2016, the Rustic Bunting has been listed as Vulnerable, as data suggested rapid population declines (HBW). Fortunately for the buntings, they seem to detect most cuckoo eggs smuggled in (75% in one study). However, the most common bunting at Nanhui in winter is the Pallas’s Reed Bunting. led its listing as Vulnerable.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.

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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

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Baby birds are cuteness personified, possibly even more so than other baby animals, including human babies, and pose interesting questions of survival and development. Baby birds may be separated from the nest and their parents because of natural occurrences (violent weather, floods) or unknowing human interference or predators.

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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Sadly, the ‘Alala do not survive, not her birds, not the neighboring wild birds, not the Hawaiian Crows released in 2016 with great hopes for re-introduction. Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections. Endangered. Extinction. Conservation.

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

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The oldest Laysan albatross was last seen raising a chick on Midway Atoll in 2016, at age 66. They emerged from their bloody rampage leaving fifteen adults dead, and fifteen destroyed nests with either smashed or missing eggs. Between the adults and their eggs, the three of them killed 32 live albatrosses.

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