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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

10,000 Birds

Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023. Geological Survey.

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Flock to Marion

10,000 Birds

I learned of the trip right as it had been delayed and made a vow that I would be on that ship. These have been used by meteorologists, technicians, and researchers who spend about 13 months on the island at a time researching a variety of sciences. It is still volcanically active with researchers periodically discovering new flows.

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Climate Change and Birds

10,000 Birds

But still, there is variation in variation and how rapid climate change occurs can matter, as demonstrated in a paper just published in Science: The Influence of Late Quaternary Climate-Change Velocity on Species Endemism. Penguin: Is their goose cooked? Penguins can be trapped in low areas created by breaking up ice.

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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. Colonialism and appropriation of knowledge is discussed in Chapter 6, The New World of Science.

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Frozen Planet

4 The Love Of Animals

We loved seeing penguins, whales, polar bears, and wolves. Science at the Ends of the Earth – An examination of the remarkable scientific work being performed at the South Pole. Science at the Ends of the Earth – An examination of the remarkable scientific work being performed at the South Pole.

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Bird Books for Children: From Colors & Shapes to Discovering Central Park

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This large picture book features simple, yet clever, rhymes, most of which begin with “Mama build a little nest…” and go on to describe a wide variety of bird nests–a small hummingbird cup, a woven weaverbird sac, a floating Grebe’s nest anchored to water plants, even the foot of ‘daddy’ Emperor Penguin.

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Review: Winged Sentinels: Birds and Climate Change

10,000 Birds

The task of wrestling this topic down into something that the human mind can manage, without losing sight of the big picture because it’s snowing in Buffalo, is likely to be the task of a lifetime for many science communicators.