10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

If you have always wondered what the minimum anesthetic concentration for isoflurane and sevoflurane for the Crested Serpent-eagle is, science has an answer. Apparently, some bird photographers think that any human artifacts shown on a bird photo immediately spoil the whole photo. Glad I did not have to watch these.

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China Birds Pythons Eagles 233

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

49-50) She is also adept at writing about conservation’s larger context in terms of its history, public policy struggles, and the science behind species re-introduction. They weren’t hard to find, but I would have appreciated, if publishing them in the book is too costly, a small collection on the publisher’s web site.

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California Condor Falcons California Coyotes 182

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Some lingered to gaze at samples from the Field’s collection of bird specimens, such as perfectly preserved thrushes, warblers, and even a Rose-breasted Grosbeak under glass. They seem to be a friendly lot, with inquisitive minds and cheerful natures, and are always on the go. Oh, if I didn’t have a day job!). I study Juncos now.

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San Diego Ostriches Chicago Colorado 178

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Written in a friendly, inclusive style quietly grounded in science, How to Know the Birds is an excellent addition to the growing list of birding essay books by talented birder/writers like Pete Dunne and Kenn Kaufman. So many birding books talk only about birds, it’s fun to read about us for a change.

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North America Birds Prairie Dogs Barn Owls 115

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 9, 2019

Humans, however, have always found innovative solutions when business problems like this arise. Instead of taking days to collect talking points to develop a communication strategy when meeting prospective new clients, it can now take seconds. Where is the future of AI for sales?

2018 63

2018 Humane Science Industry 63

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

I’m not a fan of some of the cuts to science, but National came in in 2008. Tourism money is vital to the survival of the world’s Mountain Gorillas, but at the same time that tourism has to be carefully managed to not harm them either, either by disturbance or through human carried diseases.

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Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 169

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. As Sibley tells us in the Preface, he originally intended to write a children’s book.

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2020 Birds North America Sparrows 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

After one 3 year stint, they left with 131,405 specimens including birds, mammals, reptiles, plants and even human remains (which were only recently repatriated for burial in Africa!) Wahlberg travelled even more extensively and amassed a huge bird collection. They discovered Gurney’s Sugarbird during their time in South Africa.

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Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 190

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2016

Data were collected from the North American Breeding Bird Survey and the Pan-European Common Birds Monitoring Scheme. In essence, the benefits to birds from climate change (global warming caused by human release of greenhouse gas pollution) is neutral, while the negative effects are serious and increasing. Stephens, Philip, et al.

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North America Europe America United States 118

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Not all habitat change is due to humans; there is Chestnut Blight destroying American Chestnuts in the early 1900s, and the more recent Dutch Elm disease. This is a project that clearly spanned decades. Another big year memoir? I love reading all of the above.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 152

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).

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New York City Illinois Science Killing 257

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Will these demos then steer prospects to a custom portal on a website where they are invited to collect what they find and share out to their buying team members? Takeaway: ?Sales Sales training and enablement must become buyer enablement regardless of the channel and preferred buyer experience. Takeaway: ?Sales

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Sharks Raised Research Adoptable 79

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 2, 2019

Basic human nature leads the average rep to gravitate toward accounts that feel comfortable, regardless of potential revenue outcome. Great frontline sales managers understand that sales is more science than art. Second, they deploy a regular cadence for measuring, collecting and communicating these metrics.

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Neglecting Collecting Factory Groups 89

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. Community conservation – valuing what’s around us Kokako and Kaka on Kapiti Guano Still Collected in Peru.Or

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Peru Parrots 2011 Deer 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. This plain used to be little affected by humans, being grazed by just a few cattle, goats and camels.

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Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 193

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2018

“Whether it’s this year, 10 years from now or 100 years from now, a marketer’s success or failure will come down to one crucial skill: the ability to be an engaging and persuasive storyteller,” stated Amit Bivas, head of marketing at Optimove, makers of software that collects data to enhance customer relationships.

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Emotional Rats Morals Research 90

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

What I didn’t know was how this relationship actually works: the mechanics of Red Knot migration, the reduced digestive systems necessary for their long flighta, the need to fatten up quickly so they can fly to the Arctic and breed, how they compete with other shorebirds and gulls and, it turns out, humans, for horseshoe crab eggs.

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Delaware New Jersey Eggs Research 180

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

There are many more factors than I imagined: compass errors, wind drift, overshooting, extreme weather and irruptions, natural dispersal, and human-driven vagrancy. Some birders may want to carefully read the chapter on human-driven vagrancy, which takes up the question of ship-assisted vagrancy. Next time, I’ll know why.

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Compassion Birds Eagles Science 261

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In 2018, there were 1,745 birds living in 92 different zoos and collections. The EU-funded LIFE+ project, called Reason for Hope, is coordinated by the Austrian association Förderverein Waldrappteam, and is claimed to be the first science-based attempt to reintroduce a migratory species to its area of origin.

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Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 229

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2023

Being a management consultant, I am well-versed in the science and art of b *g. It thereby illustrates how pure science advances informed conservation actions to ensure the (short-term) stability of the target population, and how conservation-motivated analyses fed back to advance fundamental understanding of population processes.”

China 130

China Science Birds Mongolia 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today. Dr. David Lavigne, Science Advisor to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, co-authored Gaining Ground: In Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability 5.

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Wildlife Coyotes Wolves Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

It is also about Chris’s personal history: his boyhood in suburban Long Island, college years at Harvard and the struggle to come out, ‘nerdy’ passions beyond birding–namely science fiction books and films, career highs at Marvel Comics, travels to foreign countries, and his complicated relationships with his parents.

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Emotional Birds Nepal Minneapolis 225

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.

Owls 216

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 216

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s very hard to organize the many ways in which human beings relate to avian beings into comprehensible text. The 300 stories enhance the thousands, maybe millions of facts Cocker has compiled, creating a volume that speaks to a collective human experience that is rooted in both poetry and science.

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Egypt Birds Albania Eagles 217

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

And if you look into it enough, it presents a classic case where science can fail us. I believe in science. Science is based on logic and evidence, which I think is a very respectable way to look at the world. But what many people fail to realize, and too often scientists themselves, is that science is elastic.

Emotional 209

Emotional Science Mammals Alaska 209

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2013

Birds are less compelling to human interest than our fellow primates, in many regards, but surely they are more arresting than a big wad of tentacled whale chow. Now why should this be?

Apes 160

Apes Primates Woodpeckers Whales 160

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Darwin Day is February 12th, and for an early celebration I thought I’d take a look at a book that rethinks the way Darwin, and we, think about evolution—a very specific part of evolution, the way beautiful features and behavior have developed amongst birds and, by extension, amongst humans.

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Animal Stud Ducks 2018 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

It is a very nice bit of science. This study collected data on mean wing length and tail feather length as well as measurements of the head. However, other brain related problems would likely arise in mammals, and although it is beyond the scope of this post, there have been such reports, at least in humans.

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Mammals Birds Cooking Fish 237

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2023

is based on a study of specimens and tape recordings collected during one visit to each of two localities in central China in 1997 and 1998 and their own tape recordings and specimens from Nepal; in all, 196 specimens were examined. Meaning: we did real science, Martens did not. ” Meaning: we did real science, Martens did not.

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Hamburgers China Science Birds 213

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

White-chested Tinkerbird is one of Africa’s avian mysteries, known only from a single specimen collected in 1964 at Mayau in north-west Zambia, close to the borders of Angola and the DRC. Benson to collect birds. This has led some ornithologists to consider the specimen a hybrid of two other tinkerbirds, time will undoubtedly tell!

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Ethiopia Tanzania Uganda Africa 234

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

None fly, most are curious and social, which probably contributes to our cultural perception of penguins as one step away from human. Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins. Some are cute, some are dignified (and royal!).

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 202