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The Parable of the Goat Mites

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No wait, they were, but they had experienced so much genetic drift and selective pressure that they now constituted a unique breed in their own right. And so, a breed association formed to preserve these goats. (No Also, they were infested by a species of ear mite unknown to science.

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Catalonian Spring

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Now nearing 50 and duly lost in a mid-life crisis, Dragan Simic took to birding rather late – only half a lifetime ago, after successfully testing his inadequate skills in other life threatening activities, such as rock climbing and vertical caving. right next to us. Steve answers: Bonelli’s Eagle !

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“Birds of Cyprus” field guide review

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Stemming from Richardson’s decades-long programme of population-mapping on the island, maps in BOC show status (resident, breeding, wintering or passage visitor) but also the region where the species appear and, in case of waterbirds, individual wetlands marked all over the Cyprus map. watercolor, gouache, etc.) Birds of Cyprus”.

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Shearwater Chase in Costa Rica

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I strained to see them, could only see an occasional booby escape our bow, watch some of the hundreds of Wedge-tailed and Pink-footed Shearwaters zip by and hold on as our boat tested its speed. As we approached and drew nearly alongside the small seabirds, we also tested the limits of our optics, our balance, and our focus.

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Mitochondrial mysteries and splitting-lumping Yellow-rumped Warblers

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The photo above is a breeding-plumaged Myrtle Warbler by Kelly Colgan Azar. ” If they are right, then there apparently aren’t prezygotic barriers (e.g., So Toews et al. I think it’s unlikely that the Toews et al.

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Vote Now for Awesome Ornithology Projects!

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Juncos breed in much of the U.S. To vote for your favorite project, click through to the specific project proposal in the links above and look for the Vote symbol in the upper right corner. A junco thermoregulating in a snow bank. and Canada but they are also a frequent feeder bird during the winter months. Thanks for your support!

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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

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This book is essentially about those birds that breed on the continent south of the Sahara, a topic few birders are familiar with. And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders.

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