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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

Older chicks are not only larger and able to withstand larger wounds from other siblings, but also have the ability to monopolize the food they are fed by parents.” The only explanation I have for this unequal treatment is that it must be a witch hunt.

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Snowy Owl Ethics

10,000 Birds

This can also come in the form of crowdsourcing identification tips on unknown birds. Snowy Owls are at risk of getting killed via collisions, incidental poisoning from rodenticides, and even illegal hunting (Stone et al. of deaths in the same study were from gunshot wounds (Kerlinger and Lein 1988). 1999, Holt et al.

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