10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

It confirms many of the once-radical notions put forward or refined by Shannon Hackett and her colleagues in 2008, and several since, and it proposes solutions to some of the most deeply unresolved questions about how major bird groups are related to each other. ( In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al.

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. Is this one of the ornithological highlights on the planet?

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Research indicates that sows do just fine in individual housing. And you do not acknowledge the individual care that pigs get in such systems and the protection from predators, diseases and the aggression that pigs often exhibit toward each other in group housing. Editorial rhetoric won’t help.

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New York Times New York Gestation Farm Animal 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Filming the plovers of Estero Lagoon Plovers are a significant part of the shorebird family, comprising 66 species worldwide. But research has shown that some plovers even use the super-sensitive soles of their feet to detect movement beneath the substrate.

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 200

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. The speaker turned out to be Tim Laman, and the topic was the incredible research he and Ed Scholes had spent years doing on birds of paradise in New Guinea. For many years it was thought the two bird families were related taxonomically.

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Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching offers two types of information: Species Accounts–descriptions of 112 birds within 15 families as they appear over and on the water, and Where to Watch, brief descriptions of 47 sites on the North American eastern coast and interior recommended for seawatching. No rails or gallinules.

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Ducks Groups Species North America 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. Sincerely, Julie Zickefoose Tags: cranes , sandhill crane hunting , sandhill cranes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Or These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name?

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 254

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The Sibley Guide to Birds, 2nd edition (2014) covers 923 species; The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2010) 816; Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America (2008) 544; Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2008) 528; and the Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America (2005) covers 392 species.

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North America America 2017 Birds 187

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. These strange birds are two species in their own family; White-necked or Yellow-headed, endemic to the Upper Guinea forests and Grey-necked or Red-headed, restricted to Lower Guinea forests. million hectares in 2007.

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 199

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins. An interesting way of presenting images resulting from a group project; one that makes us think about the subject rather than the creator. I like it, but I also feel frustrated by it.

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 209