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Cyprus forests and avian inhabitants

10,000 Birds

Of our migrant breeders the Hoopoe Upupa epops along with the Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur , European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus , Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida , Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus and Cretzschmar’s Bunting Emberiza caesia fill our forests with their melodious chorus during spring and summer. Well no kidding!

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

10,000 Birds

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) And their Facebook status is always stuck on “its complicated&# – a stable marriage of three males and two females. Journal of Ornithology 137 (1): 35-51 N.

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