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Don’t Feed The Birds!

10,000 Birds

Let’s take the issues raised in the sign above one by one and figure out how serious each issue is. The behavior could be especially disastrous for waterfowl, which are hunted by people, but less so for passerines, or perching birds, which regularly come into people’s bird feeders.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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What the Owl Knows is organized into nine chapters: introduction, adaptation (including vision and flight), research and researchers, vocalization, courtship and breeding, roosting and migration, cognition, and two chapters on owls and humans–captive owls (not zoos, educational owls) and owls in our cultural history.

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A New Year Begins! But First–A Celebration of My 2018 Top Ten Birds

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For some reason, even though there are Mandarin Ducks in zoos throughout New York City, this escapee has become an internationally known tourist attraction, even heading the New York Times list of “Five Times the Internet Was Actually Fun in 2018.” ” [[link]. May 12th was the Sandy Hook (N.J.)

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