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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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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. Princeton Univ.

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Latest high-level bird taxonomy summarized in recent paper

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convergent aquatic adaptations of loons and grebes on the morphological side and certain molecular sequences on the DNA side) and that by synthesizing all available information, we can both achieve greater confidence in hypothesized relationships and expose areas needing further research. Mayr names an assemblage of waterbirds Aequornithes.

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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

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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. Jarvis et al.

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

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Last month woodpeckers, this month penguins. None fly, most are curious and social, which probably contributes to our cultural perception of penguins as one step away from human. King Penguins heading out to feed, Macquarie Island (beginning of book). The introductory Penguin Who’s Who introduces each species visually.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access).

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access).

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access).

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