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Sand Trap: Netting Red Knots for Science

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Mist nets are a popular strategy. That’s just what researchers on Cape Cod in Massachusetts are using–a cannon-fired net. One scientists posits that harvesting of horseshoe crabs (their eggs are a preferred Red Knot food source) at a crucial refueling stop on the birds’ migration could be part of the problem.

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The Bird Way: A Book Review

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A logical and outstanding successor to The Genius of Birds (2016), Ackerman’s award-winning book about bird cognition, The Bird Way explores the diversity of bird behavior, the norm and the extremes, with an emphasis on cutting-edge research and findings that explode assumptions. Yet, the research projects are never the whole story.

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An unusual auk baby

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Starvation and predators make it hard to grow up, and birds have evolved a lot of strategies to give (at least some of) their chicks the best chance in life. One strategy that varies among birds (and other animals) is the number of offspring. Seabirds are one group of birds that go for the latter strategy.

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2

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In China, wherever there is one real tourist attraction (like the Great Wall), the local strategy seems to be to add some fake attractions – replicas of palaces or tombs, amusement parks, shopping centers – in order to maximize the income from tourists. But the starting point has to be a real attraction, not a fake one.

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Backyard Birdfeeder Bragging Rights, a Great Adventure for a Great Twitch, and More: This Week in Birding News

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If you’re a cuckoo or cowbird hoping to pawn off your parenting duties on another species, new brood parasitism research shows you’ll have better luck if the eggs you deposit in their nest are blue-green instead of brown. contemplating the pretty blue eggs are American Robins are soon to lay is a good coping strategy.).

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Around the World For Penguins: A Penguin Fan’s Book Review

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For New Zealand, he describes each of the Subantarctic Islands and mainland islands and beaches where its nine Penguin species are found, including endemic species like Snares, Erect-crested, and Royal, and suggests strategies for seeing them all. A scientific analysis of the bird family was written by Lloyd S. Press, 2011).

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Paid Social Media Ads Deliver Terrific Results for B2Bs

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Social is the Key to Success “The most successful customer acquisition strategies are significantly more likely to be using social and digital advertising, and significantly less likely to be using email,” says stirista. But only 16% plan on implementing social into their customer acquisition strategy within that time. Big mistake.

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