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The return of the Old Man

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Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills goes on to give greater detail of the former nesting sites in Europe: it could once be found “in southern Germany and Austria, in the valleys of the upper Rhine and Danube Rivers, and in the Alps of Switzerland, Italy and Germany, and perhaps in Hungary and Greece”.

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The Golden Pheasant

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Those readers with slightly morbid interests might want to seek out a paper in the Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences describing the case of heavy mixed infection of Golden Pheasants by Heterakis isolonche and H. ” (source: Fritz Hillenbrand, Underground Humour in Nazi Germany: 1933-1945, Routledge: London).

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

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Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. Colonialism and appropriation of knowledge is discussed in Chapter 6, The New World of Science.

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Latest high-level bird taxonomy summarized in recent paper

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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. A Speckled Mousebird ( Colius striatus ) poses in Nairobi. Mousebirds remain one of the mysteries in avian systematics. Photo © David J.

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Terror from the Trees

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Some ill-informed American wannabe birder pretended to “ clear things up &# recently – causing concerns and chaos in the process - but thankfully rational and science-based heads in Germany prevailed and delivered the hard facts in the case. And consider collecting stamps or other indoor hobbies. This may change.

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A Problem with Gulls

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Collectively, they’re referred to as the Herring Gull complex. Germany had lost one of its most promising ornithological researchers, and one of its most active birders. However, when I took up residence in the Eastern Mediterranean, I began having problems especially with the various types of white-headed gulls.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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Traditionally, the slow season, but the beats have mopped their collective brow and outdone their previous efforts. Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. And so to summer. 12 Jun 2018. 12 Jun 2018.

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