10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2014

This humble blog has been serving people of all nations for over a decade through our online collaborative exploration of birding culture, conservation, citizen science, and amateur ornithology. We consider your website to be an important part of this collection and the historical record. Which sites exactly are archived?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2021

The Terra Project is an exciting collaboration between bird guide author Scott Whittle , wildlife tracker manufacturer CTT , and non-profit Conservation Science Global. Listen for and upload bird sounds to a central database for researchers and conservationists. Terra sounds like that dream device. The post What is the Terra Project?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2015

This is interesting right now because the AVian Phylogenomics Consortium has just announced the Bird 10K project, which ties together a pile of previously done research with some exciting new projects just taking off now. … …The phylogeny of birds has been one of the most challenging vertebrate groups to decipher.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2023

Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2013

Pavel and his colleagues have launched some really interesting research exploring the intersection of birdsong dialects and invasion ecology. Since this research has a strong citizen science component, we want to help Pavel spread the word: What happens with birdsong during invasion of a new territory? Can it work?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2014

Three owls have already had the devices attached and some pretty interesting data is being collected. Unlike Desi, the researchers involved don’t think the owls are curling up in a nice warm bed in a hut in the woods, but they don’t have much better answers than that, at least not yet. Do it for science!

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Here are ten titles (it could have been more) selected for their uniqueness, excellence in writing and research, and giftability. Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2017

But here I could use data collected over ten years (or more) to actually see presence and frequency data for a given species in an area, to literally answer the question to which the HBW had been uncertain over. ” I can’t just put this into Wikipedia – it’s original research. Nothing wrong with that.

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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

JULY 22, 2024

… After their arrival at Bencoulen in August 1819, Raffles requisitioned most of their collection and left them copies of their drawings, descriptions and notes.” ” Researchers studying these birds must be grateful for camera traps – one study using such traps obtained 1.74 photos per 100 trap nights.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Last month, I wrote about hypothesized relationships between passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas , noting a need for further research on the subject. The post stimulated some great discussions but not really any additional commentary on the science behind these proposed relationships.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2011

It is not an encyclopedia, though it does summarize research, explain basic concepts, and ends with a section on bird statistics. The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, and Conservation by Mike Unwin is a collection of data about birds and their environments presented through words, graphics, and photographs.

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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. The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. Glad I did not have to watch these.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Birders who submit their checklists to Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird likely know that their data may be used to conduct scientific research on subjects such as migration, changes in range, or assessment of populations. I emailed the authors and asked about their research and their use of eBird data.

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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. Chestnut-fronted Macaws Ara severa. Volunteers are one of the most important aspects to the project.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The team explored Nevada and Utah, with Ridgway collecting thousands of bird specimen, plus nests and eggs for the Smithsonian. Ridgway spent the rest of his career in the Castle, the Smithsonian building that then housed the National Museum’s bird collection. It’s challenging reading.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2015

A case of mistaken identity, this rare and secretive species, was only officially described to science in the last year. The mistake has its origins in 1878, when ornithologists Henry Tristram and Allan Hume both collected specimens of what was then described as Hume’s owl.

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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.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Fortunately for the honor of the species, the researchers found that kleptoparasitism was practiced at a low rate (4% of observations) while much more often, drongos captured insects disturbed by other species (41% of observations). There is a lengthy description of how these rules – after much deliberation – came to be accepted.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. That’s pretty much the reaction of anybody hearing this for the first time.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

As if eBird, the marvelous citizen science produced database of bird sightings, wasn’t awesome enough, you can now have an eBird profile that is viewable by other eBird users. I don’t want some researcher a hundred years from now wondering if my single-observer White-winged Dove in Queens was real so I had to add a photo.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 14, 2011

convergent aquatic adaptations of loons and grebes on the morphological side and certain molecular sequences on the DNA side) and that by synthesizing all available information, we can both achieve greater confidence in hypothesized relationships and expose areas needing further research.

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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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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ ’ “Is this going to be a collection of essays?” .’ What was left to write about? ” I wondered. But, in Chapter Three the book takes on more shape.

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Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

There are many excellent books on issues related to animal research. Know Your Adversary Part of being an effective activist on animal research issues is knowing the arguments in support of animal research. For sleuthing on animal experimentation, you will want to visit a library with good science holdings. Get FOIAed Up!

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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. Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections. Endangered. Extinction. Conservation.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

It is not a handbook, though it approaches species from a collective viewpoint. I would be more apt to accept the science of BBI if the science of hemispheric brain functions was not subject to so much misconceptions and simplification.* The result is a different kind of book.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

They wrote books and published research. It will chiefly be of interest to birders who bird the Bronx and to ornithologists and researchers in related fields who plan to study the birds of New York City or do comparable studies. This is a project that clearly spanned decades. Another big year memoir? I love reading all of the above.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2016

Data were collected from the North American Breeding Bird Survey and the Pan-European Common Birds Monitoring Scheme. I want to alert you to a recent study (from April) that looks at the plight of bird populations under conditions of climate change in Europe and North America. Stephens, Philip, et al. 352:6281(84-87).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Collectively, they’re referred to as the Herring Gull complex. This clearly showed Mayr’s grandeur: very shortly before he passed away at the age of 100, he saw one of his most important research hypotheses proven wrong. This wiki looks good too.] Most people would have stubbornly denied it, or refused to comment.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 9, 2020

In research conducted by Wharton Business School Professor Katherine Milkman, she and her colleagues discovered that new habits are more effective anytime you have a fresh start. Her research suggests that fresh starts help people to stick with their new habits. This tool is tremendously powerful at turning motivation in to results.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 12, 2017

That was fairly short-lived, as songs were soon completely downloadable and the weight of a music collection dropped to zero, while also massively increasing. The Science of Superheroes:  These characters are used to teach physics. Street Fighting Mathematics : It’s a math class to analyze fighting with science.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

For example, we are currently conducting brain research and field studies to determine the performance of traditional static marketing content such as eBooks versus more interactive assets. Recent research shows this can actually backfire when it comes to keeping and growing existing business. Takeaway: ?Sales

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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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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Third, through conducting its internal research, it found that they weren’t going to please 100 percent of their employees with recognition efforts. Magid Associates, along with Nelson Motivation has combined the science and art of optimizing reward and recognition programs to maximize motivation and effectiveness.

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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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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2011

Smith is the Staff Scientist Emeritus with the Smithsonian’s Tropical Research Centre in Panama. The work was widely cited, followed up with an article in Scientific American and the research appeared (and I may be wrong still appears) in textbooks.

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