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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

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A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat

10,000 Birds

Now this, might not sound like anything of particular ground-breaking significance, but in the context of animal personality research, it is a fairly big thing. While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

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Birding Shanghai in September 2022

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Chinese researchers have actually been able to identify individual Asian Stubtails on the basis of their songs ( source ). Similar to the situation among humans, among Grey-capped Greenfinches , “high-quality individuals prefer to mate with each other” ( source ). Eurasian Bitterns similarly try to stay out of sight.

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