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Climate Change And Birds: Europe vs. North America

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I want to alert you to a recent study (from April) that looks at the plight of bird populations under conditions of climate change in Europe and North America. The study looked at common birds, and used data divided by either state (in the US) or country (in Europe). Again, Europe is on the left, North America is on the right.

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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. Beagle , pt.

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The Hidden Qualities of House Sparrows

10,000 Birds

The genus Passer has several well-recognized and recognizable species in Europe, and still holds several enigmas. It therefore comes as no surprise that it has been regarded as a subspecies of the Spanish Sparrow or the House Sparrow, or as a species in its own right.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

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Hongbenghe is a very small village in Yunnan, right next to the border with Myanmar. The Blue Whistling Thrush is presumably named for its loud human-like whistling, and possibly for being blue. It seems that this is another species for which the standard phrase of scientists anywhere, “more research needed”, applies.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. This is the time of year that we rightfully contemplate the noble Turkey. This is where they got their name. According to R.D.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

No one in the room–neither dog nor human–can tell which cup hides the biscuit. Instead, he simply points at the cup on the right. Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. and Europe.

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Return of the Waders

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Oh, and maybe humans need to be a bit less destructive to your habitat, too. In Europe, most of them winter south of the Sahara but an increasing share winters north of it – which sounds like an interesting research topic for people who, ahem, find such topics interesting.

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