10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. And, how they betrayed that trust, stealing eggs for years and, possibly even worse, falsifying research data.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 219

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. If the animal then touches or investigates the mark, it is taken as an indication that the animal perceives the reflected image as an image of itself, rather than of another animal. Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. You should try it too.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 193

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

A few dead birds were collected by authorities and sent to a laboratory for investigation. I frequently observed Blackbirds walking on the ground like rodents, even ducking under low tufts of grass. Impaired motoric movements, e. inability to fly, staggering, falling over.

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Germany Blackbirds 2006 Denmark 161