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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer- Saving Billions of Birds from Windows is the summation of Dr. Klem’s expertise, experience, and professional life–what we scientifically know about bird and glass collisions, a handbook on how to prevent them, and, not insignificantly, the story of a remarkable career.

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

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The six chapters that follow explore bird communication in mating; defending territory; rearing children; responding to predators; interacting with neighbors and functioning in large groups; and communicating successfully in a noisy human world. I do wish there was more about research on female bird song. There is so much here!

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A Survey of U.S. Birders

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In 2012 , the NFC revised some of its goals and set forth a new vision of waterfowl management that emphasized a core of hunter and conservationist supporters. In an effort to better understand the “human dimension” of its conservation efforts, several surveys were conducted, including the National Birdwatching Survey (NBS).

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Just like in people, yawning is contagious in birds

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Science is fairly well established that yawning can spread like wildfire among groups of humans, as well as a few other mammals. New research suggests that the phenomenon of contagious yawning can also be seen in birds. Click here to go directly to the study.).

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority). Next time, I’ll know why.

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“It’s a good life”: Donald Kroodsma’s Birdsong

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Over and again, Kroodsma admits to things to which neither he, nor any other researchers, yet have answers – including areas where diligent amateurs can, he says, make discoveries. To humans, birdsong is akin to Joycean language, isn’t it? Boston, New York. Drawing of the avian syrinx by Amanda Morgan Riley. __.

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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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This would have allowed you to summarize your experience in sentences such as “A total of 98 boluses regurgitated by 52 chicks aged 1 day to 11 days after hatching form the sample and are shown to contain 323 food items.” It concludes that human activity influences the breeding activity of the lapwing. How efficient.

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