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The Birds That Audubon Missed: A Book Review

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It’s also about personal journeys, where knowledge comes from and how it is shared, investigating the past through the lens of history and the lens of informed imagination, learning how to negotiate the grays of our ornithological heritage, and the magic of discovery. It does not have a bibliography, which I very much missed.

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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent–A Book Review

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Whittaker’s adventures in olfactory research take unexpected turns into genetics, chemistry, and the halls of academia. Whittaker’s research road is more serpentine than most academics. ” (p. It’s taken a critical mass of women scientists to be heard and to be respected.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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July 24, 2010 BP brazenly says an internal investigation has cleared the company of all gross negligence in the spill. April 14, 2012 Liquid oil still seeps from some Louisiana marshes and ongoing research of toxicity levels is being conducted by LSU researchers. April 16, 2012 BP Oil Spill Settlement is extended by judge.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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Once a body of research was established and the bird was declared endangered, it took many more years of experimentation, political maneuvering, conflicts with the National Guard, and some tragic fires to establish what is now acclaimed as a model conservation project. Now there are volunteer guides, tours and a local festival.

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Seabirds at Bass Rock

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When I finally got around to investigating Bass Rock the week before our trip, I realized why it was at the top of the lists. Northern Gannets on cliffs Dense Northern Gannet colony While researching this trip, there was a common theme in the articles relating to the gannets: Avian Flu hit this colony hard in 2022.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

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The first two questions were never definitely answered. A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. The accounts aim for specificity and authority; dates and locations of rarity sightings are given, and research articles on nesting and behavior are cited.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. And, how they betrayed that trust, stealing eggs for years and, possibly even worse, falsifying research data.

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