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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

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So, here we go… Fighting in Iraq has been affecting starlings. If this was America, we might not be concerned because starlings are an invasive species, at least in North America. They believe it is the first documented case of birds making detours to avoid destructive weather systems on the basis of infrasound.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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Additional back of the book material includes a Glossary, Biographical Details, a Select Bibliography, Notes, Credits, an Index to Species and a General Index. Cocker writes about the species within each family with a literary specificity softened by a tone of conversational patience. Eagles are national symbols of the U.S.,

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

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government (Johnson had worked in Iraq for USAID, where he learned about his friends and colleagues problems first-hand). In some cases, he took all adult males of the species or subspecies held by the museum. Mostly adult males. The Flame Bowerbird, for example. Photograph used in image section of The Feather Thief.