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The ‘Alal uses tools, Climate Change Hammers Hawaii

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Despite considerable speculation, the evolutionary origins of this species’ remarkable tool behaviour remain largely unknown, not least because no naturally tool-using congeners have yet been identified that would enable informative comparisons. Here we show that another tropical corvid, the ‘Alal? ( Although the ‘Alal?

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

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People not very interested in birds will, I hope, find that they are more than creatures who fly and build nests; beginning naturalists will find so much rich material to digest, and more experienced birders will enjoy the artwork and, I think, find information nuggets that are intriguing. Mark Hauber is currently (just appointed!)

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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This is all in a day’s work and a typical morning here at the Tambopata Research Center in the Madre de Dios district of Peru where, on behalf of the conservation agency Earthwatch Institute , I have come to volunteer for two weeks for the Tambopata Macaw Project. And that’s just in the lowlands!

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A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia: A Book Review by a Penguin Groupie

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The book is graphically designed so that each wildlife section has a different colored border on top of the text page; species accounts are made very readable by the typography, which utilizes size, color and font to draw the eye to the required information quickly and by the use of color-shaded information boxes.

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International Bird Rescue Believes “Every Bird Matters”

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The plight of these birds inspired her, along with a handful of other concerned individuals, to do everything they could to save them, and by April of 1971 International Bird Rescue Research Center (now known as International Bird Rescue) was incorporated as a non-profit organization.

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A Brief Interview with Greg Miller

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Given new technology and information availability and new species splits, someone with lots of money, good planning, and a lot of luck should be able to at least get close to Sandy’s record within the next 10 years or so, even without Attu. In 1998, there were only 918 species on the ABA Checklist.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway? Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009? About the Author Julie Julie Zickefoose is an artist, naturalist and writer specializing in natural history.

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