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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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Poor researchers Nicola Coumi and Rob Slotow failed to find anything particularly interesting about vigilance in Bronze Mannikin groups. Mind you – it is indeed a description, not a video, as the research was done in 1952. ” I wish I had this kind of optimism. They probably did not even have Twitter then.

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The Medicine Bird

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However, ongoing research at Sia Essential Species Repository (see below) reveals this is not always the case, and that there are actually five phases between albino and leucistic. The buildup of lactic acid leads to decreased heart function, then to the death of muscle cells, then the breakdown of internal organs.

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The Great Horned Owl: An In-Depth Study by Scott Rashid

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He now runs the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute out of Estes Park. The book’s weaknesses are mainly in the organization of the text. As with many of the books I’ve seen from Schiffer Publishing, the lavish illustrations here are one of the book’s great strengths.

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