10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. Jon Fjeldså’s contributions include many of the ducks, yellow-finches, and many other families where his images of Birds of the High Andes could be used. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 190

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

I served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which released a report in 2008 that detailed exactly how much these “efficiencies” are costing America. 20, 2012 To the Editor: Blake Hurst asserts that “production methods should not cause needless suffering,” but the position he takes does just that.

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New York Times New York Gestation Crates Gestation 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2016

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. Songbirds first listen to and memorize the sound of adult songs and then undergo a period of vocal practice–in essence, babbling–to master the production of song.”.

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Mammals Zebras Birds Primates 117

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. ’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert). In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al.

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Family Birds Parrots 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

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

A recent paper in Science, Brood Parasitism and the Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds by Feeney, Medina, Somveille, et al, looks into this interesting possible relationship. Relative to small groups, the reduced probability of parasitism in large groups increases the production of young by 0.2 Science (New York, N.Y.),

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Breeders Breeding Birds Groups 218

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

This has happened before, Archaeopteryx and the bird family tree have had an often tenuous relationship. But it is utterly bewildering to me to see news reports about this recent science that read “… An icon knocked from its perch&# or “Archaeopteryx no longer first bird.&# Scale bar: 3cm (a).

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Mammals Europe Groups Family 262

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Itcher birds, migratory members of the tern family. Therefore, this adaptive feature is available in these individuals to be exploited by some other adaptation such as the tendency to turn off productions of hormones that would cause nurturing behavior. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1046 (1), 282-293 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1343.026

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Research Humane Compassion New York 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

The Latin species name of the Common Greenshank , nebularia , sounds a bit like a science fiction novel to me – however, it means “misty” and apparently is derived from the birds’ misty, marshy habitat (HBW). Like this bird family b. They do use quality hairstyle products, these birds.

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Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

However, many of our concerns about modern food production stem from purely emotional concerns, in which we try to overlay our social mores onto sectors where they traditionally haven’t been applied. I don't think anyone is campaigning for "farm" animals to become pets, as many of us don't even think the family cat should be the family cat.

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Emotional Farm Animal Farmed Animals Agenda 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

Companies selling washing powder might consider using the White-rumped Munia as a nice example for textiles washed with a competitive product: “You call this white?” But it is all for science, I hear them say. Swinhoe’s White-eye was just promoted to the rank of a full species in 2018. One puzzle solved.

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