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Some Hokkaido Winter Passerines

10,000 Birds

For Coal T**s , resident birds were found to be slimmer than transients, which makes sense as they have better knowledge of the available resources and thus less volatility in their food supply (and of course slimmer birds are better at not being eaten themselves). In science speak, this is named the optimal body mass hypothesis.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer- Saving Billions of Birds from Windows is the summation of Dr. Klem’s expertise, experience, and professional life–what we scientifically know about bird and glass collisions, a handbook on how to prevent them, and, not insignificantly, the story of a remarkable career.

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The Race for AI-Driven Sales Success Starts Now

Sales and Marketing Management

At its most basic level, AI is the branch of computer science that deals with making computers behave like humans. In one case study, a sales group tested an AI-driven sales technology that recommended accounts, contacts and opportunities to pursue, products to focus on during sales calls and messages tailored to buyers.

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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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This non-technical book is a development from a series of lectures, tried and tested in numerous adult education courses given to non-specialists. I don’t really know – from my own experience with school bullies or from Jack London’s novels? How did I know that? “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman.

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Why do birds living near Chernobyl have smaller brains?

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So sorry, but this is a necessary part of our thought experiment!) Let’s do another thought experiment. First, I set the dial to produce the kind of high energy radioactive radiation stuff that would be emitted by an atomic bomb, and calibrate it to dose you (sorry, but this is necessary for our thought experiment!)

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Bonus Season – Late Winter

10,000 Birds

Phenology is a vital science. By you, of course, I mean me. Cultures that experience it generally put a holiday of some sort at the end to motivate people to even bother living through it. Among other things, it has provided some of the earliest and most compelling evidence for global warming. But good phenology is hard.