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Selling Birds Short: A Heretical View Of Avian Intelligence

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crossing the Carribean and winding up in South America? What seeds does a Baird’s Sparrow eat? Can you imagine doing this when you are a couple of months old? Let’s cover the basics. What does a Flammulated Owl do all night? Where do Cook’s Petrels go to forage in the summer?

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Do Birds Feel Love?

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I’ve seen mourning behavior in a longterm captive Savannah Sparrow whose temporary cagemate, a dark-eyed junco, recovered from its wing injury and was released. When the junco was released, the Savannah Sparrow called frantically, became greatly agitated, then quit eating and sat, silent and still, on his perch for two days.

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