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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.

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Urban Renewal: Is It Safer for Songbirds in the City?

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That’s what a group of researchers suggest in a paper recently published in Behavioral Ecology. The scientists, who studied bird populations in Europe and China , speculate that urban areas may have some appeal for passerines that rural areas otherwise lack. Songbirds may congregate in urban areas more than you’d expect.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. I am particularly happy to see that the bird communication section includes recent research on singing female birds. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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That was a wild cat, a wild Wildcat, the cat that lives in the wild because that is where it is from and where it belongs, at the southern end of its pan-African range that extended at one time well into Europe and Asia. I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. But they don’t live in North America. Unless we put them there.

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The Passenger Pigeon & A Message From Martha: One Pigeon, Two Book Reviews

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8) that could not possibly happen in Europe. I understand why he writes this; the speed at which billions of Passenger Pigeons disappeared is scary, far slower than the whittling down of bird numbers in Europe over centuries. How many eggs did a pigeon lay? How many times did it nest?

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Beautiful Blue Backyard Bird

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Beautiful Blue Backyard Bird Beautiful Blue Backyard Bird By Jochen • March 10, 2011 • 9 comments Tweet Share There is a lot of whining associated with colours and Europe’s birds. They’re Back!

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