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Sampling Manakins

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The post Sampling Manakins appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Of course, I could not mention the resplendent male manakins and not share some images of their sultry mates who are ultimately responsible for all the elaborate rituals! Blue-backed Manakin. White-bearded Manakin. Golden-headed Manakin.

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza found in Texas, Kansas dairy cattle

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State and federal officials continue to investigate after highly pathogenic avian influenza is identified in clinical samples obtained from dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas

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Bird-Eating Fish

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The following graph shows the distribution of stable isotopes of Nitrogen (vertical axis) and Carbon (horizontal axis) for Crayfish, fish, and Pigeons based on samples taken at the site or from a nearby Pigeon hunting society. Notable is the high degree of variation among the sampled catfish; only some of the fish are eating pigeons.

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Help Wanted!

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Include a sample post in the body of your email. We pay nothing, you have to suffer through my emails, and the fame associated with bird blogging is fleeting, at best. If you are still interested please send an email to me at 10000birdsblogger AT gmail DOT com. Leave them in the comments so that each will only have to be answered once.

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Guide to the Birds of China

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I would have liked to add some example pages to this review – however, wanting to do this properly (I am German, after all), I asked Oxford University Press for permission to use some sample pages of their choosing. Making sample pages hard to obtain may not be an ideal marketing strategy.

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Red-shouldered Hawk Diet: From Worms To Chicken Thighs

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” But a lot of birds of prey like to sample the lighter fare on the invertebrate menu: kites and small falcons eat dragonflies, screech-owls eat beetles and even Swainson’s Hawks will follow a tractor to get grasshoppers that are kicked up.

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Urban Birding in San Diego

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We would walk the Pacific Beach promenade, see Shamu at Sea World (this is before Blackfish, mind you), and sample delicious Mexican food in Old Town San Diego. My family visited San Diego every year as part of a Disneyland-SoCal Road trip to escape the rainy Christmases at home near Portland, Oregon.

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