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Some Ingenuity Can Go a Long Way

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According to these researchers, only the exceptionally intelligent herons acquire the skill of bait fishing. In general, fish will swim to investigate anything that falls on the water hoping the object might be prey. Interestingly some of these ponds are favored by these herons for foraging and have ducks that are fed by people.

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First Outbreak of Usutu Virus in Germany

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A few dead birds were collected by authorities and sent to a laboratory for investigation. I frequently observed Blackbirds walking on the ground like rodents, even ducking under low tufts of grass. Impaired motoric movements, e. inability to fly, staggering, falling over.

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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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AOU to leave Mexican Duck in limbo

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When the American Ornithologists’ Union publishes its annual North American checklist update next month, many birders will be disappointed to see that a proposal to re-split Mexican Duck ( Anas diazi ) from Mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos ) has failed. © David J. © David J.

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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Ducks are easier prey for the Eagle. Prior research has shown that the Loons that return in a given year to a given nest on a lake somewhere in Canada or the norther tier of US states are often the same ones that were there the previous year, though with some never returning because they did not survive the trials of migration.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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If the animal then touches or investigates the mark, it is taken as an indication that the animal perceives the reflected image as an image of itself, rather than of another animal. Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. The one for bird photographers (a Spot-billed Duck ) is shown below. Help is appreciated.

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