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Newly Hatched Baby Birds Actually Look Kinda Like Dinosaurs

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According to Wikipedia, birds (class Aves) are feathered, winged, two-legged, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates. Most researchers agree that modern-day birds are the only living members of the Dinosauria clade. Click on photos for full sized images.

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

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They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology. Beagle , pt.

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Why Do Penguins Wear Tuxedos?

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They have special adaptations to stay warm and to keep their eggs and chicks warm. One part of this question can be answered with some very interesting recent research. If you’d like a two page (one sheet, duplex) handout for your class, download THIS PDF FILE. The fossils were very well preserved and included feathers.

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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan again (but maybe for the last time)

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It even seems that the pliant researchers indirectly support the fighting (even though it has led to the species being one of the most hunted ones in that province) by developing a quick method to identify the sex of the bird (the males turn out to be somewhat bigger and thus presumably the more coveted fighters). Shame on the researchers.

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Birding Hluhluwe, South Africa

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I guess most scientists would love to see their original research become the basis for a vast field of further studies. She also laid eggs in Melba Finch nests. I have to admit that I also tend to feel a bit itchy after a long flight in economy class. ” If you happen to be a European Bee-eater , you are in luck. .”

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How much bird is there, anyway?

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Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare. This is also a hard question to address because most data on animal size distribution does not compare across classes of animals, and/or focuses on groups that would not be helpful. Amphibian’s and Reptiles: 3.4

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The Feathery Tribe: A Book Review

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The team explored Nevada and Utah, with Ridgway collecting thousands of bird specimen, plus nests and eggs for the Smithsonian. As a librarian, I can relate to that, even though I managed to obtain a library degree without taking a cataloging class.

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