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

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They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.

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Birding Shanghai in November 2022

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Fortunately for the buntings, they seem to detect most cuckoo eggs smuggled in (75% in one study). A study found that for Plain Prinia , egg characteristics in a mainland China location with many cuckoos make it much easier to spot cuckoo eggs than in a Taiwan location with few cuckoos ( source ). Better safe than sorry.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573).

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573).

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573).

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Collaborative List – June 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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