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Young Thrushes

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The scolding alarm call of the Spectacled Thrush for example is something that I grew extremely tired of – the birds would sit on our window and glare at our indoor cat and yell (what I presume to be some form of obscene insult) at him. But then we hear them singing, and we become smitten.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions.

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The Cutest Birds in Costa Rica

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Bird species with big eyes and small bills tend to be labelled like so because those anthropomorphic features can trigger an emotional response but so what? Bird species with big eyes and small bills tend to be labelled like so because those anthropomorphic features can trigger an emotional response but so what?

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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For example, many photos are shot in poor light, obscuring the true colours. Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions.

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How Pets Can Improve Your Health

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Expert cites scientifically-proven therapeutic, physical and emotional health benefits of loving and caring for a pet. But, pets also become bona fide family members with which we establish genuine relationships—incomparable emotional bonds that can have extraordinarily positive physical and psychological impacts on humans.

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Controversy brewing over Inca Doves

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Take, for example, the gem I found in the latest round of proposals to the American Ornithologists’ Union’s North American Classification Committee. Philosophy. Yes, I’m talking about scientific proposals to ornithological taxonomic authorities. ” Oh, honey.

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Saving Jemima and Julie: a Book Review

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One thinks, for example, of Robert Stroud, though he had the advantage, or excuse, of being locked in a small cell for life, as the famous Birdman of Alcatraz.). And there may be, probably are, men affected with this sort of thing, too, not just women. But she had one health concern after another.

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