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Stuck in the middle (of the AOU/COS meeting)

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Handing out T-shirts at the registration desk with a summer intern from the Field Museum (one of the conference’s sponsoring groups) gave me a good feel for who was around and what ornithologists are like. Like most conferences, this one had an exhibit hall and poster session, too. Emptied of their contents, of course.).

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The cuckoo tree

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They are often more commonly heard than seen, but that does not confer much celebrity on such common, widespread, omnipresent and noisy birds. Some were nectar plants for the adults, while others were food plants onto which eggs are laid and from which caterpillars fed once they hatched. But the tree had more to offer.

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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

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These birds even lay their eggs on piles of cow or horse dung, most likely to elevate them from the cold ground and possibly provide some heating through the process of rotting plant material. The conference was organized by excellent J.N. The previous day was devoted to exploration of the Little Rann of Kutch. Acknowledgements.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel. Nestlings weren’t taken until their down had been replaced by feathers.

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Far From Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds–A Book Review

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Where does the female Emperor Penguin go after she has produced that one egg and handed it over to the male for incubation? And, what about that female Emperor Penguin, who disappears for two months after handing her one egg over to her mate? Technology to the rescue! And you might think you know them but you might be mistaken.

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

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Dr. Ballentine is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology and has a long list of articles published in peer-reviewed journals and scientific conference presentations on her university web page.

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Grallards: New Zealand’s Next Extinction or Newest Species?

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Using ministerial connections he obtained 100 mallard eggs from the US and began to breed and distribute them. It was the year that I attended the Ornithological Society of New Zealand’s conference in Kaikoura. Female Mallard, photo by Corey. There the matter may have remained, but for a gentleman named Cecil Whitney.

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