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The Cry of the Curlew

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It is surrounded by a Fox-proof fence No one seems quite sure how many pairs there are today, but my guess would be between 20 and 30. One of the reasons they do well here is predator control, for Foxes are quite strictly controlled by gamekeepers and landowners in the area.

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For Wildlife Emergencies, Contact Animal Help Now

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If you’ve had an encounter with a wild animal – a bird stunned by hitting a window, a fox hit by a car, or a family of raccoons unexpectedly found residing in your attic – you know how hard it can be to find help. This is a valuable resource you can pass along to your friends and family, wherever they live.

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

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Here are ten titles (it could have been more) selected for their uniqueness, excellence in writing and research, and giftability. 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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Birding Shanghai in December 2023

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The website then hastens to add that “Unfortunately, there isn’t much scientific research on the poop of the upland buzzard” I bet some ornithology students do not find this particularly unfortunate. Some ornithological research is surprisingly simple. This individual first did not fully comply.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 4)

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“A reading of recent research shows that Australian birds are more likely than most to eat sweet foods, live in complex societies, lead long lives, attack other birds, and be intelligent and loud.” The Black-faced Monarch is a relative in the same bird family, the Monarchidae. m, individuals feeding on bread were only 0.25

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Summer guide to bird taxonomy and systematics news

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Slager and John Klicka propose the new genus name Spizelloides for American Tree Sparrow , which is not a Spizella sparrow and is instead distantly related to Fox Sparrow , Zonotrichia , and the juncos. A new genus for the American Tree Sparrow. And more sparrow shake-ups to come. Elephant birds and their kiwi kin.

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California Quail, The California State Bird: Now Forming Coveys

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They are part of a family of New World Quail which includes Gambel’s, Mountain, Scaled and Montezuma Quail, as well as the Northern Bobwhite. The family stays very close to cover for several weeks, getting bolder as the young develop. The family group pictured below has been visiting my yard recently.