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

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They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology. by Tim Birkhead.

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Birding Kota Kinabalu, Borneo: Rice Paddies

10,000 Birds

Another study provides some hope to human males who think of themselves as good karaoke singers. If you choose the latter, your music taste is more aligned with that of Java Sparrows (though the sample size in this study , 4 birds, of which 2 preferred Bach while the other two showed no clear preference, seems rather small).

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