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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan (again)

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Sadly, the HBW states that the species is “almost extinct in some areas in China owing to hunting and trapping for the cagebird trade and taxidermy” The Maroon Oriole looks much more interesting, though my photos do not really do it full justice. … Traill did this enough times that Shirley began to hide the scale.’

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

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Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. With Birkhead, you never know what’s going to come next.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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The drongo perches above the flock, snatching insects that they disturb, and keeping an eye out for predators that might go unnoticed by its hunting flock-mates. The species is classified as Near Threatened for all the usual depressing reasons – pollution, drainage, hunting, and the collection of eggs and nestlings ( source ).

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

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There is a long list of articles and books on how to feed birds in your yard. I greatly enjoyed reading these articles on diverse topics such as suet, nyjer seed, the development of humming-bird feeders, rarities at feeders, wild bird feeding in Latin America and the Caribbean, and, importantly, “funding for birds and wildlife.”

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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. They are also hunted.

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On the threshold of flight

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Soon after carnivores that could hunt on land evolved, things like ancestral centipedes. Science 12 December 2014: 346 (6215), 1253293 [DOI:10.1126/science.1253293]. Clearly, you can see that this review article is looking at all the birdish features and their evolutionary interrelationships. Erickson, and David J.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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The “Literature Cited” section lists the traditional print articles, books, and maps, but doesn’t include items like data sets or rare bird alerts. For a history of the Bronx County Bird Club, I highly recommend this article from the 1991 issue of American Birds , a publication of Hudson River Audubon Society of Westchester.