10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Beagle , pt.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 209

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales. Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. In the European Union there are only 10,000 mature bears (source: IUCN). Not at all.

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 267

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

I really believe the more people learn about what research animals go through, the more common decency becomes a factor. But how many animal research supporters (non-scientists) actually step into a room and observe an experiment? Tags: animal experimentation UK europe research alternatives medical research.

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Critter News

JUNE 4, 2009

Here are the results of the EU flirtation with restricting research on primates. Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing. Nothing, nothing makes me angrier than animal researchers.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

Then it’s a matter of doing a little research on the internet to find who rang the bird you saw, and then emailing the details of your sighting. Once again I did my internet research and managed to contact the person who had ringed the gull. However, I doubt if it will be returning to Northern Europe this spring.

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Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

I live in the southeast of Europe, for a while lived in the south of Africa and also have extensively birded western and central India. Here where I live – in one of the bird-richest corners of Europe, but I miss the species diversity of my yester years. Map by BirdLife International. I am talking 600 or 700+ bird species.

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Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 256

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2014

Every spring, billions of migratory songbirds in Europe fly north to their breeding grounds. But researchers have now found evidence of a giant European bat that is plucking migrating birds out of the night sky. Several months ago, a group of bat researchers spent the night recording the sounds of a marshy Spanish forest.

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Los Angeles Bats Feral Cats New York City 172

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority). 2022 (available in Europe from Helm/Bloombury).

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 255

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2016

That’s what a group of researchers suggest in a paper recently published in Behavioral Ecology. The scientists, who studied bird populations in Europe and China , speculate that urban areas may have some appeal for passerines that rural areas otherwise lack. Songbirds may congregate in urban areas more than you’d expect.

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China Europe Research Falcons 101

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

When doing some research for a presentation on cavity nesting birds of Northern California, I came upon a reference titled “ Cavity Nesting Birds of North American Forests.” //www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wpM1LwKaak. v=-wpM1LwKaak. ” The book listed the Peregrine Falcon as a cavity nester which I thought was curious.

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Falcons Pelicans Europe California 169

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Further research revealed the Bird Hybrids blog ( [link] ) has several revealing photographs of this (and many other) hybrids. Where it had spent the summer is anyone’s guess, but the majority of the Pochard that winter in the UK come from Eastern Europe and Russia, with birds ringed in Latvia being particularly numerous.

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Geese Ducks Falcons Latvia 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2016

Either way, Europe’s White Storks seem to have found a year-round food source, and it’s changing their migration habits, according to new research. Instead of wintering in Africa and breeding in Europe, growing numbers of the birds now appear to be staying put in Spain and Portugal.

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Portugal Spain Research Europe 102

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2015

That impressive number is a testament to the exponential advances in DNA-sequencing technology, but the researchers are quick to note it’s still less than 1% of the total genome.). Furthermore, another redpoll species found in Europe—the Lesser Redpoll—also had extremely similar DNA sequences.

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Species Switzerland Groups Europe 207

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2015

Recent research however has shown it to be more closely linked to Ardea -herons. You see, the Great (White) Heron/Egret is a polytypic species with four subspecies: alba in Europe, egretta in the Americas, melanorhynchos in Africa, and modesta in Asia and Oceania. Just so you know. But we’re far from done with the confusion.

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Asia Europe Germany Breeding 176

Critter News

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A research project into the feasibility of using miniature pigs in laboratories concluded they are better suited for testing toxins, drugs and chemicals than dogs and monkeys. Tags: europe animal research mini-pigs pigs.

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Pigs Animal Research Monkeys Europe 100

Critter News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Is there a different culture regarding animals in Europe? At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing. Is public outcry greater? What gives? From Cordis News.

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Medical Research Belgium Animal Animal Suffering 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2016

And for wild pheasants ( Common , in Europe; or Ring-necked , stateside), a bigger group may actually present an existential danger. Newly published research in the journal Animal Behaviour suggests an ideal harem size for pheasants of 2.7 But this breeding and social arrangement has its risks. female birds for every male.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2015

It is now treated as its own species, confined to Africa and the tip of Arabia (Black Kites also migrate here from Europe and Asia). I was told by some researchers that in Botswana trackers watch for this species when looking for Painted Wolves (or African Wild Dogs) as they follow packs to snatch up prey and scraps.

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South Africa Africa Botswana Wolves 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2015

Nor the funds to hire the researchers. Birds city birds crows eBird Europe Serbia' There are some student papers that I still have to lay my fingers on, but we do not have a broad base-line study of number and position of colonies or the number of nests within them. And that is where I started to experiment with the eBird.

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Experience Experiments Science Serbia 235

Critter News

MAY 15, 2009

Around 12 million animals are used each year in the European Union (EU) for research purposes. This became clear from a report addressed at the European Parliament (EP) session on May 5–7, which seeks to vote on a directive concerning animal research. From the Epoch Times.

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Experience Experiments Medical Research Animal Research 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2013

Pavel and his colleagues have launched some really interesting research exploring the intersection of birdsong dialects and invasion ecology. Since this research has a strong citizen science component, we want to help Pavel spread the word: What happens with birdsong during invasion of a new territory? Pavel Pipek is a Ph.D.

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Czech Republic New Zealand Science Research 141

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2015

The genus Passer has several well-recognized and recognizable species in Europe, and still holds several enigmas. Which would be an incredibly interesting thing to document as there are – to the best of my knowledge – no records of indicus from anywhere within Europe.

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Sparrows Italy Asia Austria 209

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

Dragan will be writing about “Eastern Europe and Beyond” while Alfredo will cover “Neotropical Birds and Ecology.” … Dragan Simic is a name known by many of those who bird eastern Europe. … Blogging bloggers'

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Europe Florida Spain Serbia 149

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2019

The toughest thing for me, as a local birder, was to choose the most attractive birds because those that attract my attention are generally all too common in the northwest of Europe, from where most visiting birders are coming. and the first skyscraper built in Southeast Europe, in 1939. Hence, I asked my friend B.C.,

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Serbia Birds Woodpeckers Breeding 247

Critter News

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Europe's environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans -- in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs industry and other laboratories. Tags: europe apes. Is this a solution to a problem that doesn't exist?

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Apes Animal Welfare Gorillas Europe 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

While some of my early observations found their way to ornithological journal pages, it was probably the first larger research I participated in, the nation-wide (it was Serbia-wide by then, although the name Yugoslavia still stuck) census of heronries that really made me thinking of methodology.

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Serbia Bosnia Research Lions 189

Critter News

JUNE 14, 2010

Animal rights campaigners have accused the Progenix Research lab, which uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing, of poisoning the animals to death. If animal testing cannot be conducted in the United States or Europe, I see no reason why they should be allowed here," Abdul Aziz was quoted as saying.

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Malaysia Investigation Rodents Rabbits 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

Apparently, in Europe Bramblings are the species appearing in the largest flocks and are thus “an interesting case study for discussing number estimates” ( source ). The Scaly-breasted Munia has a larger head size than the White-rumped Munia , and a research paper speculates that this is a reason for its wider distribution range.

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Birds Blackbirds Indonesia Bhutan 186

Critter News

MARCH 1, 2009

I'm no scientist, and it requires additional research, but I'm getting involved in these issues more. Tags: animal experimentation europe animal research medical research. It's called TSAR (Tracking System for Alternative test methods Review, Validation and Approval in the Context of EU Regulations on Chemicals).

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Medical Research Animal Research Medical Research 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

In June of 2013 he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe, spotting birds in Iceland , Russia , Finland , and, as you’re about to find out, Sweden: We took a quick flight from Helsinki and arrived in Stockholm, Sweden, arriving at our fourth country on this trip. Birding Trips Europe Sweden' How could Norway top this?

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Sweden Denmark Geese Birds 164

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

The aim was to ring as many gulls as we could, to provide some reading material for birders all around Europe. Organisations involved in the research: Bird Study and Protection Society of Serbia, League for Ornithological Action and the Birds of Prey Protection Fund. Birds city birds Europe gulls Serbia'

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Serbia Birds Ukraine Europe 166

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. Long before that time Mexican domesticated Turkeys had been adopted by Native Americans in the American Southwest as well. This is where they got their name.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 198

Critter News

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Concerns surround the ethics of the process, the welfare of the animals and a lack of research on food safety. Tags: europe cloning farm animal welfare. If they are cloned solely for the products they provide, will it be more difficult to argue for their welfare as living creatures? From the Daily Mail.

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Breeding Stock Farm Animal Farmed Animals Welfare 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2016

I felt like I needed to do some research into why this change occurred. The Common Gallinule , is the most wide spread of all the members of the rail family, being found from Canada, to Chile, Europe, Asia, Africa, much of the Pacific, and the Galapagos Islands. That is all I have ever known them to be.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In Pukka’s Promise, Kerasote travels the dog world in Europe and throughout North America interviewing breeders, veterinarians, and leaders of the animal-welfare movement, and uses cutting-edge research to help dog owners rethink the everyday choices they make for their pets. We also get to hear stories about Pukka. “In

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Dogs Animal Welfare Lifestyle North America 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2017

Disregarding the weather, the research methodology required an observer’s presence in the field every month. I was driving through that relying purely on my knowledge of the research area and my inner sense for orientation. Yet, even the mighty Danube was frozen solid from bank to bank.

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Deer Research Birds Eagles 138

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

I was hoping to find a White-throated Dipper during a trip to the Peak District National Park, but had not had time to do my research, so was relying on the expertise of boutique owners in the picturesque village. White-throated Dippers are typical of their family in that they like fast flowing rivers with protruding rocks.

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