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

10,000 Birds

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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eBird Economics: How Much Would You Pay to See Birds?

10,000 Birds

However, if you could auction off each quart to the highest bidder, you’d have an idea about the collective value of those quarts. Thus, there is no conventional market-clearing price for economists to observe, so it is much harder to document society’s collective overall willingness to pay. Q: Why study birders and why use eBird?

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40 Ways to Help Lab Animals

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When you read stories in major newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek, be wary of simplification, bias, and a tendency to support traditional views indifferent to animals’ interests. For sleuthing on animal experimentation, you will want to visit a library with good science holdings.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

10,000 Birds

Washington. Apparently, you just collect the excrement of captive birds, weigh it and calculate back from there. Bonus note for science nerds (not related specifically to birds): Whenever Chinese researchers give percentages, they do so up to two digits behind the decimal – thus the exact percentages in the HBW citation above.

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The following sections on identification, photography, and collection are brief but to the point. The Introduction also offers diagrams and photographs showing odonate morphology (parts of the body and wings), including close-ups of abdomen tips; this is essential information to know for photography and identification.