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A Strategic Arms Race Among Birds

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A recent paper in Science, Brood Parasitism and the Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds by Feeney, Medina, Somveille, et al, looks into this interesting possible relationship. ii) cooperative breeders may be more obvious targets as a result of the increased activity of helpers near the nest. fledglings per group per season.

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Birding Wuyuan, China

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Well, they live in groups, something I would never survive. But then, I am not a cooperative breeder either (nor a non-cooperative one, should this term exist). The Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler looks like it is constantly a bit confused about the status of this world.

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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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Poor researchers Nicola Coumi and Rob Slotow failed to find anything particularly interesting about vigilance in Bronze Mannikin groups. Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos.

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Serbia self-drive birding tour planning

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He enjoys combining his passion for birds with computer science background to model nocturnal bird migration. I usually go through this phase for each species listed in phase 1, with more effort on the first two groups (endemic and target). Here is how he prepared for his tour of Serbia: Guest-author : Raphael Nussbaumer.

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Flock to Marion

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So, I anxiously followed the “Flock to Marion 2022” Facebook group in anticipation for open cabins to come up for sale. These have been used by meteorologists, technicians, and researchers who spend about 13 months on the island at a time researching a variety of sciences. I waited…and waited…and waited.

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Birding Shanghai in October 2022

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The consultant also suggested increasing readership by catering to highly specific niche interest groups. They are also raised commercially for meat and eggs, as described in that beacon of ornithological knowledge, the World’s Poultry Science Journal. I don’t think I will stoop that low.

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