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Some Hokkaido Winter Passerines

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” A group of nine researchers published a paper titled “Exploring the fecal microbiome of the Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)” Makes you wonder what they talked about during their lunch breaks. This is particularly interesting as newish research indicates that Common and Hoary Redpolls are actually the same species.

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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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I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?

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Experiencing Spring at EVOA

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My plan was to do research for this post, so I decided to enter as a common mortal and not use the electronic pass. Interestingly, a bird of prey set off a psychological experiment. Case in point: former emperor of Japan, His Majesty Akihito, is an avid birder. I decided to go back to the Lezírias and specifically, visit EVOA.

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The Bird Way: A Book Review

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A logical and outstanding successor to The Genius of Birds (2016), Ackerman’s award-winning book about bird cognition, The Bird Way explores the diversity of bird behavior, the norm and the extremes, with an emphasis on cutting-edge research and findings that explode assumptions. Yet, the research projects are never the whole story.

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GARBO TALKS!

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And now, researchers from Japan, Germany and Sweden confirmed what I knew all the time, like if I needed them to tell me so. They explained that Japanese Great T**s “experience a number of threats, and in response to predators, they give a variety of different calls. Conservation research tits

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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of December 2012?

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Nature lovers who love to travel know that few experiences are more enjoyable than preparation for a big trip. The mundane details that actually allow a trip to happen are tedious, but researching all those potential birds… huge fun! Because I’ll be birding Japan this weekend en route to Singapore!

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Birding Shanghai in October 2022

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With regard to the Grey-backed Thrush , “further research should focus on identification of nest predators, implications of nest exposure and begging calls on nesting success, and breeding habitat requirements at different spatial and temporal scales of Grey-backed Thrush in fragmented landscapes of northeast China.”

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