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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

10,000 Birds

Author Rebecca Heisman has crafted a book about bird migration, scientific process, and creativity that’s informative, engaging, and inspiring. Each chapter is written historically, illustrating the sometimes unexpected ways in which ideas percolate and information travels. Geological Survey.

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Bird Litigation: Hindsight and the California Condor

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in the 1980s to be part of a captive breeding program. Audubon thought there should be some wild condors to serve as “guide birds” for condors that would eventually be released from the captive breeding program. As many birders know, the last wild California Condors were captured by the U.S.

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The Joy of Bird Feeding: A Book Review by a Birder who Loves Her Feeder Birds

10,000 Birds

There is a lot of information out there about feeding birds—web pages, pamphlets from bird feed retail stores and Audubon centers. There is an audience for this type of information. He clearly loves feeders and presents colorful photographs of seemingly every type sold in the U.S.,

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Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds

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The Telomere does not contain useful genetic information, but rater, acts as a buffer. 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. Telomeres are repetitive sequences of genetic material sitting at the ends of genes.

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Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth – A Film Review

10,000 Birds

Apo near Davao City, PEC is the site of a Philippine Eagle conservation breeding program. A PEC biologist expresses extreme frustration as he investigates a site where a dead eagle has been found. I think birders will enjoy it, but will be hungry, as I was, for more hard information and facts. Located in the foothills of Mt.

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Seabirds at Bass Rock

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When I finally got around to investigating Bass Rock the week before our trip, I realized why it was at the top of the lists. Birders flock to this haven, as it is a sanctuary for over 150,000 breeding Northern Gannets , making it the world’s largest colony. On a single day, more than 5,000 dead birds were counted.

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

10,000 Birds

The amount of information varies, with less material on vagrants and rare species, and extended entries on notable species. Even during the breeding season the birds appear to be quite unwary of humans. Eckelberry, cofounder of the Asa Wright Nature Center and noted wildlife artist, did portraits of local birds.)

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