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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Schulman [not from the book!]. ” are the big questions at the heart of Vagrancy in Birds by Alexander Lees and James Gilroy, an impressive, fascinating book about what ornithologists and wildlife biologists have found out about avian vagrancy so far and their theories explaining this phenomenon.

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Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

10,000 Birds

Charles Harper’s Birds & Word s is the signature book of this bird and nature artist’s career. I love cardinals, real and illustrated, but the wonderful thing about this book is that you can also enjoy Harper’s other images, like Western Tanager and Eastern Kingbird. A tradition was born.

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The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida

10,000 Birds

Filming the plovers of Estero Lagoon Plovers are a significant part of the shorebird family, comprising 66 species worldwide. But research has shown that some plovers even use the super-sensitive soles of their feet to detect movement beneath the substrate. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin!

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. by Marc Bekoff. Empathy Among Elephants.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. The clay consumed at the colpa contains chemicals that bind with these ingested alkaloids thus neutralizing their toxicity.

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Spring is for Wheatears

10,000 Birds

Many Happy Returns to the Owl Research Institute Prepping For Spring Spring in East Harbour Regional Park.Or Dan is an active member of BirdLife Cyprus and goes birding whenever his career and family allow. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more!

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

10,000 Birds

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

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