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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

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Last year, beginning about Halloween, thousands of juvenile auklets started washing ashore dead from California’s Farallon Islands to Haida Gwaii (also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) off central British Columbia. Researchers are wondering if the die-off might spread to other birds or even fish.

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Chimpanzees Mourn Their Dead?

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Heck, even my cats visibly missed old Charlotte who died last August. This is because they quote some guy from the USC Jane Goodall Research Center who throws doubt on the premise. Tags: chimpanzees jane goodall animal research. I'm sure many will dismiss these studies regardless.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. More research is needed, but initial studies by the Pine Street Foundation and others on using dogs for diagnosis are promising. Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience.

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Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

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” Little research seems to have been done on many of the birds of Mount Kinabalu. Or to say it in a slightly less judgemental way, as eBird does: “In most areas, birds are yellowish green above and brighter yellow below; birds on Mount Kinabalu are gray-green above and off-white below.”

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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The population is approximately 105,000 and the capital is Charlotte Amalie on St. SOPI) is the leading ornithological organization and it performs research, education, and outreach. Much of the research regarding Caribbean ecology and ornithology has been conducted in Puerto Rico. Research is ongoing.

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The Littel Big Year – Week 45: Wrapping up the Bahamas

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The return home included a total of 5 ½ hours of flight delays, one missed flight, and we subsequently missed the entire town of Charlotte, North Carolina. When I was doing some very quick, last minute research on the area, a photo of the beautiful Pied-imperial Pigeon popped up on one of the eBird.org pages. eBird Submissions – 429.

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