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How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity: A Book Review by a Non-Science Person

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He also believes that we are living in an era of incredible scientific research, one in which new genetic technology and findings from diverse scientific disciplines have turned assumptions upside down, opened up new lines of thought, and provided answers, or at least probable answers, to many of our questions about why birds do the things they do.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Virginia Rail – Rallus limicola. 03 Feb 2018. Violet-green Swallow – Tachycineta thalassina.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Virginia Rail – Rallus limicola. 03 Feb 2018. Violet-green Swallow – Tachycineta thalassina.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Virginia Rail – Rallus limicola. 03 Feb 2018. Violet-green Swallow – Tachycineta thalassina.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 01 Jan 2018.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 01 Jan 2018.

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