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Western Snowy Plover

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Then, in one of my freshmen science classes, there was a discussion about extinct species, which then lead to the topic of threatened, or endangered species, and what we could do to help out. Well, high school turns in to college, college turns into a job and the need to make a living, and I never found, or helped out the Snowy Plover.

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The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, and Conservation – A Book Review

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It is not an encyclopedia, though it does summarize research, explain basic concepts, and ends with a section on bird statistics. Be warned, The Atlas of Birds is not a map book, though it does contain maps, lovely orange and purple and green bird distribution maps. and contains many bright, crisp photographs and other visual goodies.

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Songbird-parrot link strengthened in new study, with implications for vocal learning

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The post stimulated some great discussions but not really any additional commentary on the science behind these proposed relationships. Last month, I wrote about hypothesized relationships between passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas , noting a need for further research on the subject. Ringer Suh et al.

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Vote Now for Awesome Ornithology Projects!

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Birding juncos manakins ornithology science' Thus, birds in the hybrid zone have the morphology and genetic background of White-collared Manakin, but the plumage colors of Golden-collared. It may ask to add Endnote as an app on your Facebook page – I know many have an aversion to apps on Facebook (myself included) but it’s for a good cause.

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Bird Butts and Other Matters

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There is a bit of science news. I got it on “film” using my camera, but they were so far away you can only see them for a second, and you can only see a few hundred. But there were a gazillion of them.

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eBird Economics: How Much Would You Pay to See Birds?

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The growing wealth of citizen science data has not yet been widely exploited by economists as a source of information about recreational values of non-market environmental goods. Q: Why study birders and why use eBird?

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Rare Birds of North America: A Book Review

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It is a book that embraces identification and analysis of avian rarities and vagrancy patterns throughout the United States and Canada with an enthusiasm and devotion to statistical, geographic, and ornithological detail that will both delight and challenge birders. First, what is a rare bird?