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Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds

10,000 Birds

They used Great T**s from non-urban and urban areas, and mixed them up through breeding, to rule out any possible family history of telomere length. In this study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a group of juvenile zebra finches was allowed to interact with an adult.

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Langi Crossing birding part two

10,000 Birds

The Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike was observed every day, but the less common to the area White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike did drop by to investigate on a few occasions over our visits. The most common finches were the Zebra Finch followed by the Double-barred Finch and then the Long-tailed Finch. Pied Butcherbird looking for food.

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Negri River birding

10,000 Birds

They were even investigating an old fire pit, which was interesting to observe. They were the first of many of the finch family that we would observe along the Negri River. Double-barred Finch, Masked Finch, Long-tailed Finch, Zebra Finch and the delightful Gouldian Finch all came down to drink. Crimson Finch. Long-tailed Finch.

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