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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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Stories enhance his 2014 history of modern ornithology, Ten Thousand Birds ( co-written with Jo Wimpenny and Bob Montgomerie). Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. The difference seems to be that Selous had previously killed birds and she had not. Beagle , pt.

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I Remember Elephants

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In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S. Another ellie is being killed as you read this line.

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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

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2014), presents an authoritative framework for our understanding of and future work on bird phylogeny. Now it’s late 2014, six and a half years later, and here’s what we know today. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert). In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al. Open Jarvis et al.’s Jarvis et al.

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Birding Under the Influence: A Book Review

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The first two chapters make clear that although environmental concerns were a factor, his major reason for doing a big year was personal–his work as a postdoc in research neurobiology was at a crisis point, he needed to change research direction or…do something else.

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National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition: A Book Review

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It does not have the scientific references or research knowledge offered by some other bird handbooks, and it doesn’t pretend to be that type of book. National Geographic Society, October 2014. Dunn, maps by Paul Lehman. ISBN-10: 1426213735; ISBN-13: 9781426213731. 744pages; 10.1

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The Shorebirds of North America: A Natural History and Photographic Celebration–A Book Review

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In the 19th- and early 20th-centuries, shorebirds were killed outright for their meat, a trade that only ended with the passage of federal legislation (which still excepts game birds such as woodcock and snipe). They are by Karlson, from his years as a research biologist in Alaska, and Ted Swem, a U.S.

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Can Birds Be Safe? If Only.

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Another product has been invented that could cut down on the number of wild birds killed by domestic cats. Lawrence University associate professor Dr. Susan Willson, who led a field study involving pet cats in 2013 and 2014. The testimonials all credit Birdsbesafe with reducing the number of birds killed by pet cats.

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