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The Black Album: Black Birders, Blackpoll Warblers, Black-tailed Godwits, Black Flamingos, and more

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Severe weather can stress birds and even influence the coloration of their feathers , new research finds. Why did the chicken cross the archipelago? Researchers have figured out where the thought-to-be-extinct Bryan’s Shearwater is roosting. What kind of miscreant kicks a Barn Owl in mid-flight?

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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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