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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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And squirrels. Aggravatingly, many squirrels. How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works).

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The Effects of Wildfires on Wildlife

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While larger animals like deer and elk are usually able to escape the fire’s path, smaller animals like squirrels, foxes and snakes are not always so lucky. Birds are able to fly away, but their nests and eggs can be destroyed. Some animals are injured and killed by wildfires. No surprise here: They fly away.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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Fortunately for the honor of the species, the researchers found that kleptoparasitism was practiced at a low rate (4% of observations) while much more often, drongos captured insects disturbed by other species (41% of observations). It very effectively forms a small foraging group in this manner.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel. Again, Cade led with solid evidence acquired through his own research.

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California Quail, The California State Bird: Now Forming Coveys

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In California, coveys break up and pairs begin forming in February or March, followed by nest building and egg laying in May or June. She will usually lay 12 to 17 eggs, averaging five per week 1 , before beginning incubation. Occasionally, larger clutches occur due to egg dumping by other females. References: 1 Baicich, Paul J.

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How much bird is there, anyway?

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A squirrel skittered by … a squirrel is not a bird. Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare. I was looking out a car window the other day and noticed that of all the wildlife most of it was bird. Amphibian’s and Reptiles: 3.4

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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Eastern Egg Rock. Eastern Egg Rock. Eastern Egg Rock. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Gulf of Nicoya (Puntarenas/Paquera ferry). 28 Jun 2017. 28 May 2017. 27 May 2017.

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