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

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One of Whittaker’s first experiments was to place other birds’ preen oil on the nests and eggs of Dark-eyed Juncos. Well, I guess that makes sense when you think about it, smells are made up of organic compounds.) 241) that contribute to a bird’s odor. Did you know how much chemistry is involved in olfactory research?

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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. Species Accounts are organized taxonomically. Audubon guides to birds have been around since 1946. SPECIES ACCOUNTS. photography credits, and acknowledgements.

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Review: Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper

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With populations plunging dramatically over the last decade, researchers from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Birds Russia, and a number of other conservation organizations made the always-controversial call to pluck eggs from the imperiled wild population and establish a captive breeding program as a final hedge against extinction.

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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

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In De arte venandi cum avibus , he corrected and supplemented this comprehensive survey of the existing literature with his own empirical observations and logical inductions – and methodically organized these natural histories in a work that is startlingly ahead of its time. Could this be the first “accipiter sp.”

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