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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review

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Hauber Hauber’s mini-essays focus on specific behaviors, enhanced by references to recent research yet written in a relaxed, personal way. 2023 Tony Angell; © 2023 Mark E. Hauber is really good at presenting scientific findings so they don’t seem scientific at all, simply reasonable answers to our questions.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. George Wuerthner, an ecologist and former hunting guide with a degree in wildlife biology, takes the debate a step further. Smith and Donald A.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Beagle , pt.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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Fortunately for the honor of the species, the researchers found that kleptoparasitism was practiced at a low rate (4% of observations) while much more often, drongos captured insects disturbed by other species (41% of observations). The associated bird species seek out drongos, apparently relying upon them heavily for protection.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations. They wrote books and published research. This is a project that clearly spanned decades. It’s a very mixed chapter. Another big year memoir? I love reading all of the above.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” We politically worship them, but at the same time we’ve severely decreased the numbers of many species by hunting and habitat loss.

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The Geladas of Ethiopia

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However recent research has shown that they are in fact not baboons, despite superficial appearances, and they are now just called “Gelada”. In parts of the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia, from which I have just returned, Geladas have been protected from persecution for some time. Bachelor male Geladas chase a harem male.

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