10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2022

Whittaker’s adventures in olfactory research take unexpected turns into genetics, chemistry, and the halls of academia. Whittaker’s research road is more serpentine than most academics. ” (p. It’s taken a critical mass of women scientists to be heard and to be respected.

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Critter News

MAY 26, 2009

I didn't know that there were specific breeders out there producing animal subjects for medical research. According to this article, some are so bad that the University of California and the University of Cincinnati have actually decided to end their relationships with them and stop purchasing animals bred for research use.

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JUNE 9, 2020

Birders who submit their checklists to eBird likely know that their data may be used to conduct research on avian migration, range, or population. It has also been used by researchers from other fields, such as economists. I emailed the Dr. Lopez and asked about this research and the use of eBird data.

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JANUARY 23, 2010

The writer of this Guardian article supports animal research, but admits there are many problems with the research itself. Tags: animal research. His arguments are not based on humane treatment of the animals, but whether these studies are even properly conducted.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

I don't support animal research and I have no sympathy for animal researchers. I would never advocate violence against a researcher. I almost quit a book club a year ago because one of the members is a proponent of medical research. All of this BS by medical researchers must be challenged.

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MARCH 14, 2012

This article in the Herald Tribune claims that animal rights is winning out over animal research. I would take the article with a grain of salt. It depends on who's writing the article of course.I I've read the same on the other side. think it's still a long, long fight. But perhaps these are positive signs.

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OCTOBER 9, 2010

Not sure I agree with posting the researcher's photo. This is a long article from the Gainesville Sun. Animal rights activists are targeting a University of Florida researcher for his role in experiments on primates — even though he says he doesn't personally conduct animal research.

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APRIL 13, 2009

I learned something new from this article. In the shadow of a $5 million-dollar grant given to Oklahoma State’s renowned veterinary school and then rescinded due to allegations of abusive and cruel animal research practices, Oklahoma State University Philosophy Club and Friends of the Forms will host animal activist Chris DeRose.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2012

No, this isn’t some kind of perverted link , but an article about a study in which researchers at Oxford University applied what we have learned about human relationships via social networks to study the social relationships of Great T**s. Fascinating!

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Critter News

APRIL 4, 2009

This is an excellent article that appeared in the Boston Globe last week. The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. Tags: animal experimentation medical research. They're not necessarily questioning the ethics, but the efficacy. We as a movement cannot compartamentalize.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

So birds that are not bright pink are not getting enough of the echinenone and some research shows that there are regional differences in carotenoid pigments found in wild/natural foods throughout the US. If you like to read more, check out this article. Please don’t ask me how to pronounce those). Birds House Finch'

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Critter News

MARCH 10, 2009

I responded to a post on animalblog that cited a recent article in the journal "Proceedings" of the National Academy of Sciences. Here's my response on medical research in general. I recently had a discussion about medical research using animals. This story on HIV research is one example. It’s just a question of WILL.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We consider the implications of our results for the study of the evolution of complex sociality and highlight several future directions for parrot socioecology research. Plus, the article is freely available (click the link above). Birds Behavioral Biology Monk Parakeets Myiopsitta monachus research' This: Just like people.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. I have a bachelor’s degree in Ecology and after I graduated from university, I became a researcher in nature and cultural affairs, working with renowned experts and contributing to their projects.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

It's in response to the arrest of Yale animal technician Raymond Clark for the murder of Annie Le, but makes some important points about animal research. No, for animal researchers the bigger fear from Le's murder than technicians like Clark is the public seeing the heaps of unsupervised government pork behind their Plexiglas curtain.

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JUNE 4, 2009

Here are the results of the EU flirtation with restricting research on primates. It's from a Reuters article from last May.I Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A logical and outstanding successor to The Genius of Birds (2016), Ackerman’s award-winning book about bird cognition, The Bird Way explores the diversity of bird behavior, the norm and the extremes, with an emphasis on cutting-edge research and findings that explode assumptions. Yet, the research projects are never the whole story.

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

I could go on and on, it’s that kind of a book—a comprehensive treatment of a species we respect and adore, based on the most current research, written in a style that, while factual, is from the author’s viewpoint, flavoring facts with a witty, observant personal quality. Mitochondrial DNA analysis strikes again.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

The article cites avian radar proponents in the Netherlands and Israel who suggest that this technology can be quite effective at reducing the risk of birdstrikes. Another researcher, from the University of Illinois, asserts that the bugs need to be worked out of these systems before they’re cleared for widespread use.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority). Copyright © 2022 Alexander Lees and James Gilroy.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Here's an article about an increase in animal experiments at Cardiff University in Wales. Tags: universities animal experimentation UK animal research wales cardiff university. According to a Wales on Sunday investigation, the number of animals used at Cardiff has risen by 13 percent since 2006.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan. 2019), and now this book. Author Joshua Hammer.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

There is a long list of articles and books on how to feed birds in your yard. I greatly enjoyed reading these articles on diverse topics such as suet, nyjer seed, the development of humming-bird feeders, rarities at feeders, wild bird feeding in Latin America and the Caribbean, and, importantly, “funding for birds and wildlife.”

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. These researchers preferred this property for their research due to its close proximity to the Arenal Volcano and resplendent natural environment.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2019

These hurricanes prompted a personal interest in the impact of hurricanes on birds, so I did some research, which ultimately led to an article in the April 2018 issue of Birding magazine. who wrote a number of the key scientific papers that formed the basis of my Birding article. Much of what exists is from the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

This is an interesting article based on the research of Mark Berres into the genetic diversity of different populations of eastern Sandhill Cranes.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

” The interlocking wheels of crabs, migration, birds, tides, marsh, beach, fishermen and researchers are described in an unhurried pace in ten chapters. Once used as fertilizer, the crabs are now harvested as bait for common whelk and bled for an extract used in medical research. Rutgers University Press/Rivergate Books, 2012.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2013

The details are complicated but the article is OpenAccess, so I’ll leave it to you, dear reader, to examine the paper to the degree you like. Birds Navigation Olfaction research Sheawater' Here, I’m only interested in the conclusion. The photograph of Cory’s Shearwater is from this blog post.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2024

One recent article , “Hybrid zone or hybrid lineage”, refers to the issue in its subtitle as “Sibley’s classic species conundrum in hybrid Pipilo towhees” The conundrum in question is the affirmation by the ornithologist Charles G.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2011

So says the lead in this BBC News article , which references a recent study done by researchers from the Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala, Sweden and the Donana Biological Station, Seville, Spain. “City dwelling birds have larger brains relative to their body size, according to scientists.&#

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2017

From a three line stub it now has a full article. A couple of articles suggested it may be migratory, in the southern part of its range, but then I found one recent Argentine article that stated categorically that it was in one site. ” I can’t just put this into Wikipedia – it’s original research.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

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. Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Beagle , pt.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2020

Faaborg was the first in a line of ornithologists who have graciously responded to my emails about their research, in that case leading to a short article on declines of Puerto Rican migratory birds.). John Faaborg , who headed one of the key long-term studies of Caribbean birds in Guánica Commonwealth Forest in Puerto Rico. (Dr.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2011

This comes from BirdLife Cyprus’ research officer Mike Miltiadou, and shared by Melpo Apostolidou: Waterbirds that bred on the island this year. This article was included in this month’s BirdLife Cyprus In-Flight e-News email.

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MAY 19, 2015

Other researchers are also looking into interspecies communication systems, and trying to determine if road and traffic noise interferes with birds’ “watch out!” And if all of that isn’t enough for you, the article also features robot raptors. And recordings of birds’ frantic calls in response to such.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. He has authored several other books and many articles, largely on natural history. In case you didn’t know, yes, there is an indigenous peacock living in Africa, the Congo Peafowl.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

She does, and her narrative serves as a role model for how to write about birds simply and knowledgeably; informing birds’ family stories with scientific facts and research findings. Both authors marvel at the diversity of birding reproductive and parenting behavior.

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