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A Brief Tour of Uganda, The Pearl of Africa

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By the time this post publishes, I’ll be on an airplane heading back to the United States following a truly remarkable two week visit to Uganda as part of a group of western birders visiting there to promote the inaugural African Birding Expo. In the relatively brief period, my group had something on the order of 450 species.

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Why Birders Dig Darwin

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Sometimes we have good days where we discover a long-lost friend or a brand-new one. The biologist David Haig explains, “Speciation comes about when there is recombination and isolation between different groups of genes, so that no longer can genes in one group be recombined with genes in another group.”

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“petcentric” mobile application

4 The Love Of Animals

4 on Forbes’ list of 2009 “Best Branded Mobile Applications” after its 2009 launch as an iPhone application, now provides pet owners an even more engaging mobile experience through location-based utility, entertaining content featuring videos and photos, and relevant pet information. petcentric,” ranked No.

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It’s time for a new understanding of tanagers

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” But the tanager brand is changing. ” Bill shape and systematics For a long time, the colorful, diverse, and species-rich group of primarily New World birds called nine-primaried oscines (about 10 percent of all living bird species) were classified largely by the shapes and sizes of their bills.

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A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

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Data is needed to make estimates for the optimal size of the translocated group. This paper, which was cited in the paper we just discussed, conducted the relevant experiments: Addison, Jason A., The Millerbird source population on Nihoa was tiny and such populations tend to be subject to bottlenecks that limit genetic diversity.

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

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Written by birders, it underlies a wealth of facts, trends, and events with a consciousness that the more knowledgeable we are about good bird feeding practices, based on history and experience, the more successful bird feeding will be at bringing people to birds and the more people will advocate for effective conservation policies and laws.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

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There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could fit on a banana? (2) ffrench’s descriptions are delightfully uneven, reflecting his personal experiences with the birds, his research, and his personality.

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