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

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Birds and Us starts with Birkhead’s visit to Cueva del Tajo de las Figuras, located in Andalusia, Spain and the Neolithic bird paintings on its walls. Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Beagle , pt.

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First Outbreak of Usutu Virus in Germany

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A few dead birds were collected by authorities and sent to a laboratory for investigation. The virus was also found in Spanish mosquitoes in 2006, but an outbreak in Spain’s avifauna has not occurred (yet – or wasn’t noticed).

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Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

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I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S.

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Champions of the Flyway – the Dakar Rally of Birding

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The mistake has its origins in 1878, when ornithologists Henry Tristram and Allan Hume both collected specimens of what was then described as Hume’s owl. The Reservoir Birds from Spain and the Finnish team, Northern Lights, shared 3rd place with 163 species.

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