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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Beagle , pt.

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To Tick or Not to Tick – Exotic Birding in Miami

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A Carolina Parakeet mounted in a museum in Germany Fritz Geller-Grimm. The species is recorded in the form of a published photograph or a specimen archived in an ornithological collection. I suspect that way more research and documentation is conducted on indigenous bird species.

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Latest high-level bird taxonomy summarized in recent paper

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southern Australia’s cool winter weather and wonderful birds sound mighty appealing right now and 2. The following points stood out to me: “Metaves,&# a collection of disparate and puzzling birds recently grouped by the position of a few molecules in one nuclear gene, is probably not an actual clade. Photo © David J.

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

The volume „Tierrechte – eine interdisziplinäre Herausforderung“ (literally „Animal Rights – an interdisciplinary challenge“ has just been released from Harald Fischer Verlag (publisher), Germany. The results of the lectures are written down in this book. More information on the book can be found here. We really appreciate it!

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A Problem with Gulls

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Collectively, they’re referred to as the Herring Gull complex. This clearly showed Mayr’s grandeur: very shortly before he passed away at the age of 100, he saw one of his most important research hypotheses proven wrong. Wicked, right? This wiki looks good too.] I am clearly not. Hat-tip to Stella.

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The Golden Pheasant

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An organization called the Carolina Avian Research and Education states that “if you google the top ten most beautiful birds in the world, it [the Golden Pheasant ] always makes the list.” I guess in China, there is always money for research related to Giant Pandas. ” Sounds more sophisticated, right?

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. Interestingly, Black-winged Stilts display laterality – that is, they preferentially use one eye (the right one) to find prey. Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young.

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