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What Impact Will Drones Have on Birds?

10,000 Birds

Taking up the pertinent question of how the newest form of recreational aviation technology affects avians is Liz Greene, who hails from the beautiful city of trees, Boise, Idaho. In a recent study , a team of French researchers set out to test whether a drone’s color, speed, and angle of approach affected different groups of birds.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

10,000 Birds

Again, Cade led with solid evidence acquired through his own research. In the years that followed, Tom Cade worked with various birds of prey through two revered organizations, The Peregrine Fund and The World Center for Birds of Prey, linked in one sanctuary at the edges of Boise, Idaho. Bright sun, 65 degrees F.,

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Contemplating California Condors

10,000 Birds

The newest bird on the brink to capture her fertile imagination is the California Condor, on which she graciously shares her research and ruminations: Sometimes as a writer you recognize there’s been something overlooked in your midst—something quietly abiding.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

10,000 Birds

(SOPI) is the leading ornithological organization and it performs research, education, and outreach. Much of the research regarding Caribbean ecology and ornithology has been conducted in Puerto Rico. Although most conservation research focuses on northern breeding grounds, many ABA Area birds spend most of the year elsewhere.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

Researchers have also learned that the cancer-causing chemicals that form in beef as it cooks also tend to form in chicken. Unfortunately, switching from red meat to chicken does not help very much. Chicken actually has just as much cholesterol as beef (about 100 milligrams of cholesterol in a 4-ounce serving) and almost as much fat.

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“Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife”

10,000 Birds

Ken Behrens is a tour guide for Tropical Birding, originally from Idaho, but now lives in Madagascar. Beside the mouth-watering African destination, what attracted my attention to the Wild Rwanda eco-travel guidebook was the trio of authors, all of them famous bird guides (and I do not use that word lightly).

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