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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

10,000 Birds

How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works). in 2011*) came about. Baicich, Margaret A.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

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 clay consumed at the colpa contains chemicals that bind with these ingested alkaloids thus neutralizing their toxicity.

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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ ’ What was left to write about? ’ “Is this going to be a collection of essays?

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A Problem with Gulls

10,000 Birds

11 Responses to “A Problem with Gulls&# Mike Mar 4th, 2011 at 2:07 pm This is terrific, Dan, and terrifically daunting. Dan Mar 4th, 2011 at 3:35 pm Thanks Mike! Redgannet Mar 4th, 2011 at 7:39 pm I usually solve my gull identification problems by looking the other way and pretending I haven’t seen them.

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The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, and Conservation – A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It is not an encyclopedia, though it does summarize research, explain basic concepts, and ends with a section on bird statistics. It is a fascinating book that teaches while it entertains, that offers research-informed arguments for bird protection and conservation in the guise of vibrant design. Princeton University Press, 2011.

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The Power of Pets Initiative

4 The Love Of Animals

Exercise is a vital component of a healthy lifestyle, and research suggests that owning a pet helps increase levels of physical activity. Spring 2011. The WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition provides the science behind our leading petcare brands. A recent survey of 1,000 U.S. The Brentwood YMCA, November 6. Portland, Ore.

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