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Horrible Hybrids

10,000 Birds

Further research revealed the Bird Hybrids blog ( [link] ) has several revealing photographs of this (and many other) hybrids. I’ve seen some weird-looking hybrids in duck collections. Many years ago a friend of mine kept a small but varied collection of ducks and geese.

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Costa Rica on a relaxed birding pace

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Few places boast so many different bird species in such a small area — over 900 species (more than Europe, or all of the United States and Canada combined), including 75 different families, like 51 species of hummingbirds, 48 warblers, and 45 tanagers. – the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre in Turrialba.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).

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Seal Industry Tries to Capitalize on Medical Researchers Conjectures

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The research at Laval University is still in the earliest stages. Pibarot has yet to begin collecting data through testing rodents and he says that a clinical trial in humans is hypothetical at this point - at least a decade of positive results and funding would have to be established first.

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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or in the Land of Coffee and Chocolate

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campus gardens – the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre, located 3 km east of the town of Turrialba. I came with 957, and started to collect my birds like an Acorn Woodpecker collects its nuts. Daniel the driver was way smarter, finding the only shadowy spot next to the D-Max.

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority). Copyright © 2022 Alexander Lees and James Gilroy.

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Confounding the Starving Snowy Owl Irruption Theory

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But new research, published in The Auk , suggests that this narrative may not provide the whole story. The data, collected from more than 500 owls over 18 years, appears to contradict the theory that southern-wandering Snowies are struggling to stay alive.

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