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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He has written and co-written over 400 scientific papers on brood parasitism, Common Cuckoos, egg rejection and other nesting behaviors, and fairy wren learning in addition to T he Book of Eggs: A Life-Size Guide to the Eggs of Six Hundred of the World’s Bird Species (Univ. of Chicago Press, 2014).

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

10,000 Birds

And of eggs and nests and birds on nests. Into the Nest , as the title says, is about the courting, mating, egg-laying, nesting, and parenting behavior of “familiar birds”. Cedar Waxwings exchange berries, carry nesting material, eggs. Egg biology, from Part I. Oops, the curmudgeon in me slipped.) Peregrine Falcon nests.

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What Will My Next Five Queens Birds Be?

10,000 Birds

The last ten birds have taken a very long time: when I last asked what I would add to my Queens list it was September 21, 2015 ! So what were the actual ten birds that I added between September of 2015 and two Fridays ago? Not only did I not predict it in 2015 but I never predicted one. That’s long time! 0 out of 1!).

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

10,000 Birds

27, 2015 Christian Gutierrez, Raymond Justice, and Carter Mesker went on a camping trip to Ka’ena Point Natural Area Reserve on Oahu, Hawaii. They emerged from their bloody rampage leaving fifteen adults dead, and fifteen destroyed nests with either smashed or missing eggs. But what about the horrific deaths of the birds?

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How to find the Ural Owl in Serbia

10,000 Birds

Egg-laying starts in late March to early April and they remain in the vicinity till early June. Population estimates from “Birds of Serbia: Breeding Population Estimates and Trends”, BirdLife Serbia, 2015. And where to look for the Ural Owl in Serbia? Cover photo by Snezana & Slobodan Panjkovic.

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Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?

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A recent agreement between farmers and animal rights activists here is a rare compromise in the bitter and growing debate over large-scale, intensive methods of producing eggs and meat, and may well push farmers in other states to give ground, experts say. Tags: ohio eggs california humane society farm animal welfare factory farm.

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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Laura Erickson and Marie Read’s Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds (2015). Harrison, and Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds, 2nd ed. These books are concerned with behavior. The identification guide by Paul J. Baicich and Colin J.