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Osprey in Missoula

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The Osprey is one of the true cosmopolitans of the avian world, found on six continents and breeding on five. It’s not that they’re some special, rare endemic that would readily symbolize our own unique little mountain valley. Because the stadium is by the river. And Osprey love them some nest platforms.

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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

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The active colonies of wasps are efficient protection against primates and large avian predators. Here are a few examples: The Ostrich Communal Nesting System. The helper birds play an important role in the survival of the chicks as well as assisting in excavating a suitable cavity for the breeding pair.

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Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds

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They used Great T**s from non-urban and urban areas, and mixed them up through breeding, to rule out any possible family history of telomere length. The benefits are many, including the availability of anthropogenic food sources, breeding boxes and warmer temperatures. The less telomere, the more aging, independently of time.

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How much bird is there, anyway?

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There are probably other major trends that depend, for example, on latitude and timing. The clifftop habitats along rocky shores of the North Atlantic (on both sides of the pond) abound in bird biomass during breeding bouts, for instance. Paul and St. Peter islands.

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