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How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity: A Book Review by a Non-Science Person

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Doug Futuyma believes in science and in the scientific basis of evolution. How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity by Douglas J. This isn’t a bad thing, it’s just a very different kind of book than popular books about bird behavior, which rely on story as much as science.

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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent–A Book Review

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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent focuses on this last question, but you might find yourself fascinated by the first two, which come early in the book but linger on in the imagination as author Danielle J. some, apparently, like sugar cookies), and “how do they communicate information by their odors?”

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The ABA’s 50th Anniversary and Information: From Scarce to Abundant

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What is apparent from the reprint, as well as other accounts of the ABA’s early years, is that the ABA was founded in large part to address information and communication shortcomings in the birding community. If anything, there is now an abundance of high-quality easily-accessible information for birders.

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A Fierce Cartoon Bird: Steller’s Sea Eagle on Hokkaido

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In what might nowadays be regarded as a slightly weird scientific practice, after meeting naturalist Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt, he married Messerschmidt’s widow after his death and got notes from Messerschmidt’s Siberia travels from her that had not been handed over to the Imperial Academy of Sciences.

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Seeking the Bahama Nuthatch

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For more Bahama Nuthatch information and links, check his blog, [link]. He noted that this new bird had longer bills and “darker loral and auricular regions” than the mainland Brown-headed Nuthatch, and collected two of them for science. One is a species altogether new to science — a nuthatch discovered on Grand Bahama Island.”

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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Author Rebecca Heisman has crafted a book about bird migration, scientific process, and creativity that’s informative, engaging, and inspiring. Each chapter is written historically, illustrating the sometimes unexpected ways in which ideas percolate and information travels. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023.

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Giveaway: Science Diet Senior 11 Age Defying Cat Food

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The new Science Diet CatAge Quiz gives people the opportunity to determine the true age of their pet and provides tips on ways to easily help them retain their youthful vigor. Basket will include: · 3.5lb bag of Hill’s Science Diet Cat Age Defying dry cat food. · A Beautiful Cat Collar. Bristle Finishing Brush for Cats. · Good luck!

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