10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2016

That’s what a group of researchers suggest in a paper recently published in Behavioral Ecology. This may help songbirds successfully raise their families without worrying about invaders. Songbirds may congregate in urban areas more than you’d expect. And it’s not just for the free rations of birdseed.

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China Europe Research Falcons 101

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 222

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

I’m happy to say that Laura Erickson and Marie Read have written a book, Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds , that is not too cute and that does not anthropomorphize. Peregrine Falcon nests. Yellow Warbler fledgling. But special. Familiar is not necessarily common.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

It can take a bit of research to figure these notes out, especially when they are citing taxonomic differences (Riparian [Blackish] Antbird, for example, is treated differently in three of the four taxonomic systems), but it is tremendously helpful just to know that there is an issue to be researched.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 174

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. Follow him on Twitter — he’s regularly tweeting great highlights from the research project. shocked everyone with a suggestion that passerines were most closely related not to woodpeckers and kingfishers but to parrots, falcons, and seriemas.

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. They portray the nesting cycles of Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk, and American Robin, illustrating the various ways in which birds create families.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

Can a family-focused trip—even to one of the world’s most biodiverse countries—deliver enough opportunities for avian observation to satisfy this serious world birder? With enough planning, you can enjoy a family-friendly, bird-rich vacation in the Panama Canal zone. If you have kids, you’re probably as curious as I was.

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Panama 2017 Monkeys Family 100