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What Is An Ornithologist?

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There really is no clear definition. When I explained that to some of my new coworkers, one responded with, “By your definition, I’m an ornithologist, but you know way more about birds than I do.” Another challenge to bird research is that it is woefully underfunded and relies heavily on citizen science.

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Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East: An Identification Guide

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On the other hand, I do not feel confident in my knowledge of gulls to give a definite answer. From my experience, the gulling season is definitively winter. Definitively winter’ stands for bleak skies, short days, no sunshine, and barely enough light for gull photography. Or slightly off? The colder – the better.

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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent–A Book Review

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Whittaker’s adventures in olfactory research take unexpected turns into genetics, chemistry, and the halls of academia. One of Whittaker’s first experiments was to place other birds’ preen oil on the nests and eggs of Dark-eyed Juncos. ” (p. 241) that contribute to a bird’s odor.

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Read an Analysis of Slate's Animal Research Series

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Animal Person , someone who is clearly smarter than me, has a great analysis about the recent "Pepper" series in Slate about animal research. At least he didn't try to make me feel happy or warm and fuzzy about animal research. By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans.

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority). It’s not always easy reading.

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“It’s a good life”: Donald Kroodsma’s Birdsong

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It’s impossible to think of him being bothered by the wet, cold ground when there’s some count to be made definite after years of thinking about it, some esoteric puzzle to be finally solved. Like he does, say, for the Canyon wren.

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How I dipped the Horned Grebe

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And BNGs also had bright white cheeks, but they most definitively were Black-necked Grebes which I was able to confirm when I observed their rounded heads against the sunlit Danube surface, further away from the willows. But, beside Geoff, they had no previous experience with the species and most were not as critical as I was.

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