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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent–A Book Review

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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent focuses on this last question, but you might find yourself fascinated by the first two, which come early in the book but linger on in the imagination as author Danielle J. Do birds use odors and a sense of smell to communicate with each other? But Danielle Whittaker has.

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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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.” And after separating all the parts of the boluses and presumably weighing them, your conclusion would have been that “the most regularly occurring food items recorded are fish (63%) and insects (33%)” (the other 4% are the few remaining bits of chocolate and gummy bears brought to the chicks by their grandparents.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. They expand the definition of this book from identification guide to avian reference book. Audubon guides to birds have been around since 1946.

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Hotspur’s Revenge: A Review of Three Books

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The trouble is, the definition of “native habitat” is, for starlings and many other species, now quite elastic. that “beauty happens” and that evolution is often a result of female preferences, rather than “survival of the fittest”) to humans that he seems to veer off (as he admits) into speculation, rather than proven science.

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Should We Take the “Christmas” out of the Christmas Bird Count?

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What’s not to like about citizen science, conservation, and transforming a day of slaughter into a day of enjoying being outside watching birds? Bear with me, keyboard commandos of the 101 Chairborn Patriot Squad. Second, a name that includes Christmas in it is, pretty much by definition, not inclusive.