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COMMENTS ON COLLECTING BIRDS: A Reply

10,000 Birds

After my post about collecting two weeks ago I received a bit of feedback, some positive, some negative, and I’ve been mulling it over with the intention of writing about some of the issues that could be considered the root cause of the disagreement. You see, the bird was collected for scientific study. Or how gracefully it flew?

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

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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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Out Birding to Help an Endemic Sparrow in Costa Rica

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Fortunately, local researchers have been well aware of the dire need to learn about this species so it can be adequately protected. Past Birdathons organized by Paz and Ernesto have greatly helped research on migratory behavior of Cerulean and Golden-winged Warblers as well as field work with the Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow.

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023.

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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

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Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. That's because of a little-known state law that requires government-run pounds to turn animals over to researchers if asked. Tags: animal research animal shelters strays.

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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. A group (maybe 4-5 ex.) At the Pacuare river bank there was a group of rafters getting ready to tackle the noisy waves.

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The Bird 10K Project

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.” But here I’m using it because someone ELSE used it … the Bird 10K project is an effort to do the whole DNA thing they do on groups of species on the whole mess of 10K (or more) birds. … …The phylogeny of birds has been one of the most challenging vertebrate groups to decipher.

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