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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Signaling theory examines communication between individuals and groups, within and across species, focusing on whether signals–communications containing complex information–are honest or deceptive and how the exchange of these signals impacts the individuals involved and the larger group or groups to which they belong.

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Birding for the Curious: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He is a current member of the North Carolina Bird Records Committee and an eBird coordinator for North Carolina. The birding process is stripped to the essentials without losing the significance of important, sometimes complex ideas—migration, habitat, research, documentation, community. And Nate knows that.

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Bird Banding the Dry Tortugas

10,000 Birds

There were ten students in total that had signed up for the spring break “Seabirds” course in Dry Tortugas National Park, and after long drives down from North Carolina we had all made it right on time. Banding is best done in teams split into three, potentially four groups. Brown Noddy.

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A Guide to Some Possible Bird Species Splits in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

This bunch of possible Costa Rican crypto birds can be grouped into four main categories: (1). Taxa that could end up being split into one species occurring north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and one south of the isthmus. (2). Bird species that require further research. Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner : No not a case of déjà vu.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching: A Review by an Aspiring Seawatcher

10,000 Birds

Written in the tradition of the classic Hawks in Flight , but very much a product of the experiences of its birder authors, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a new way of identifying migratory birds at sea to all of us who observe the waters of eastern North America with expectation and excitement. No rails or gallinules.

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