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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

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It seems there is not much research done specifically on Blue-naped Parrots – the only paper I could find featuring the species was from 1981 and had the somewhat unappealing title “A Preliminary Study Comparing the Pharmacokinetics of Ampicillin Given Orally and Intramuscularly to Psittacines: Amazon Parrots (Amazond spp.)

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Hornbills of Sabah

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For example , fallen figs do not seem to mind catching a ride with Oriental Pied Hornbills. There are some reports of the species having bred in captivity, for example, in a British Wild Life Park. To avoid quarrels about different education styles, each adult attends a separate chick after fledging (source: HBW).

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

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the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Beagle , pt.

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It may be hard to swallow, but Bumpus could get bumped to the back burner

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In 1898, Hermon Bumpus published a paper about change in the morphology in a population of House Sparrows that he proposed was an example of Darwinian Natural Selection in action. There are few areas of the world where they have been introduced and not survived (Greenland and Cape Verde are examples of this bird’s local demise).

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Animal Health Care is Part of the Bottom Line

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Here's an example. I'm not arguing about the methods as I'm not a veterinarian, but it's a good example of the clinical discussion of costs when it comes to managing farm animal health. Better conditions for animals hurt the bottom line. Animal welfare is a cost of doing business, not a moral obligation.

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Why Predictive Assessments May Be the Jolt Your Hiring Process Needs

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With that data in tow, create a job description and see how it compares to objective data culled about candidates' natural strengths and talents. For example, collecting metrics about the performance of hires can help you measure whether your methods attracted the most successful employees.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals. required to determine those catch limits.

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