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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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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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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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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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Operation Duck Drop

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The following emails were intercepted by our crack team of investigative journalists. Now begins the waiting game. I knew we should have used a bigger species! This might not have been the best species to use. They are reprinted here in their entirety in the public interest. What an excellent operative! To: Tyrannus.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa). Ethiopia, a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa, has firmly established itself as one of Africa’s top birding destinations. Yellow-billed Stork.

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Crossbill Guides: Interview with Dirk Hilbers

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Besides that, I teach environmental ethics courses for biology students at the university and currently I am working also on an exciting project of producing a simulation game called ecosim (primarily an education tool for students) in which the player has to fulfil conservation tasks in an interactive ecosystem (e.g.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

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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

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Scientists investigate the DNA of Hawaii’s free-roaming fowl. It’s not quite Tippi Hedren–worthy, but birds swarming your living room is probably fair game for some NSFW language. Help them rack up 4,000 species in 24 hours on eBird!). Why did the chicken cross the archipelago? Now you have.

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