10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

The potpourri covers some interesting bird related science of the last few weeks, and the promise is this: I’ll get to that other stuff soon, I promise! So, here we go… Fighting in Iraq has been affecting starlings. “We may be talking about 50,000 to 100,000 deaths. ” Crows are smart.

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Science Iraq Research Birds 152

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

He describes lark mirrors and other contraptions that were used to entice the birds into traps in detail, and cites the few documented numbers of larks sold in market in the early 19 th century (826, 462 in the Paris market in 1832). and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 226

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

government (Johnson had worked in Iraq for USAID, where he learned about his friends and colleagues problems first-hand). This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. Simon Baron-Cohen, cousin to the comedian. Seriously, this book is crying out for a movie treatment!).

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 105