10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

The potpourri covers some interesting bird related science of the last few weeks, and the promise is this: I’ll get to that other stuff soon, I promise! So, here we go… Fighting in Iraq has been affecting starlings. Researchers are wondering if the die-off might spread to other birds or even fish.

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Science Iraq Research Birds 152

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s very hard to organize the many ways in which human beings relate to avian beings into comprehensible text. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines. Eagles are national symbols of the U.S.,

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 226

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

I am not sure about the security situation in Iraq these days but at least some people do ornithological research there – resulting in papers such as one titled “Breeding observations of the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines , 1789) in Iraq” Impressive.

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