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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

10,000 Birds

It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. Flight Paths is a splendid but risky title for a book about bird migration.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

10,000 Birds

It feels good to start a post with some truly attractive birds – such as two species of broadbills. Strangely, there do not seem to be many papers on this species. In one paper , you can find fascinating sentences such as “The new species is most similar to D.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

Hare could run a very profitable shell game. Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. It’s no coincidence that the two species that pass Hare’s pointing test also share a profound cross-species bond.

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The Black Album: Black Birders, Blackpoll Warblers, Black-tailed Godwits, Black Flamingos, and more

10,000 Birds

Severe weather can stress birds and even influence the coloration of their feathers , new research finds. Scientists investigate the DNA of Hawaii’s free-roaming fowl. Researchers have figured out where the thought-to-be-extinct Bryan’s Shearwater is roosting. Help them rack up 4,000 species in 24 hours on eBird!).

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