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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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This would have allowed you to summarize your experience in sentences such as “A total of 98 boluses regurgitated by 52 chicks aged 1 day to 11 days after hatching form the sample and are shown to contain 323 food items.” It concludes that human activity influences the breeding activity of the lapwing. How efficient.

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Climate Change And Birds: Europe vs. North America

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Data were collected from the North American Breeding Bird Survey and the Pan-European Common Birds Monitoring Scheme. The difference in the jitteryness of the lines has to do with sample size. There are way more North American birds in the sample than European, owing to differences in the quality of the data.

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African Pythons Targeted for Removal

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State and Federal Agencies feared that if these two large constrictor snakes are allowed to breed they would produce a hybrid super-python. Burmese pythons either escaped from pet trade breeding facilities in South Florida after Hurricane Andrew or were released by people who no longer wanted them as pets.

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

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When you think of invasives, you think of the birds that have been helped by human beings to get where they are, such as House Sparrow or European Starling. They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. ibis and the eastern B.

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Proportions Canine Nutrition

4 The Love Of Animals

Like human “Whole Food” diets, the canine “Proportions” program is a healthy alternative to the highly processed conventional diet and works by: Reducing carbs and starches by feeding a reduced portion of high quality dry food. Proportions has been kind enough to offer our readers a chance to try a free sample.

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Do birds avoid predators because of culture?

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Many of the great debates over human behavior, those related to things such as race or gender, are muddled and messy because plasticity is ignored. Plasticity in humans is probably modulated primarily through experience and enculturation. Presumably the humans keep away the predators.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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So I put together a “carnival” (of sorts) of Feral Cat Ordinances and Issues that samples current events across the US. If left unchecked, free-roaming cats will breed and their populations increase at locations where they find suitable shelter and food, resulting in environmental/property damage, and public nuisance.