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

10,000 Birds

Johnson is collecting myths about owls from cultures around the world and is also presiding over a 12-year Burrowing Owl Project that seeks to collect DNA samples, vocalizations, morphological data and map locations for every Burrowing Owl subspecies the world over.

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

10,000 Birds

Read what you want about the origin of domestic cats; the genetic evidence is not properly sampled. I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. It is probably true that there is a near 100% overlap in the rodents and other small terrestrial animals, as well as ground bird eggs, eaten by Coyotes and feral Cats.

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Bird Science and Evolution: 2013 Year In Review

10,000 Birds

But I’ve compiled a sampling of this year’s news and events for your edification. Birds are raised from the egg to follow a certain migration timing, but that timing shifts when the egg hatches later or earlier due to changes in conditions. 01–15 Who could forget the catfish that figured out how to eat birds ?

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