10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

GISS—general impression, size, shape—is intuitive, the result of an unconscious cognitive process derived from experience in the field. I would be more apt to accept the science of BBI if the science of hemispheric brain functions was not subject to so much misconceptions and simplification.*

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New Jersey Birds Science New York City 205

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Manker’s thesis is that ornithology is an excellent gateway to students becoming science majors in college and, more broadly and longer-term, conservation-minded citizens. Examples here , here , and here.) That article left an impression and I have wondered what became of Manker’s effort to create a high school ornithology curriculum.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2023

Sounds a bit like some weird Nazi eugenics experiment to me, but I guess it is just science. Biologists – or as Ze Frank would say, the Science Hippies – call this ecological segregation (e.g., Not at the center of the river (never mind that this is just a puddle on the road).

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Birds Science Humane Species 238

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Its scientific species name traillii is a rare example of a scientist not made up by me, namely Thomas Stewart Traill (1781-1862), a Scottish doctor. Apparently, the dark color of the plant nectar attracts the bird, as shown by controlled experiments. … Traill did this enough times that Shirley began to hide the scale.’

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 20, 2019

First, consider some behavioral science tools for adding to the quantity of your leads. Allow your prospect to focus on their experience at this moment and delay the pain of paying until later. It offered a great example of the rhyme as reason effect : “If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit.” even sparingly?—?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Kooyman was there to work at McMurdo Station (a large American research station that we hear about throughout the book) as technical assistant on a science mission involving fish. They are excellent science writers, patiently explaining the physiological processes involved in deep diving in penguins, seals, and human.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2012

He writes about how experienced birders think, and how they draw on the sciences of weather, geography, and ecology to analyze where the birds will be. Third, this really is an example of real life birding; it reads almost like a thriller as Lovitch and O’Brien realize they miscalculated and are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

If only you could make fine adjustments to the expression of existing DNA you could hatch a dinosaur, starting with, for example, a turkey. The second thing they did was to interfere with the genetic pathways in some chickens, which produced a chicken with beaky bits that were more like snouty bits found in, for example, a Alligator.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2017

How much do birders value a birding experience? For example, binoculars and field guides have a cost that can be measured in dollars. But there are few transactions that can be analyzed to determine how much value birding experiences, themselves, provide to a birder. This includes bird-watching experiences.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

For example, on finding gulls: Close study of gulls is not for everyone, and birders shouldn’t feel obligated to get deep into it if you prefer colorful, less-confusing, families of birds. It is process that can be as simple or as complex as you wish, and I think this is where Birding for the Curious is unique.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

Larks, for example. Cocker presents Eurasian Larks as a prime example of one of the recurring themes of the book, our culture’s tendency to cherish a bird in poetry and myth and to simultaneously exploit, even ravish, the actual bird. .” About 300 stories are used throughout the book.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. For example, I’ve seen Bald Eagles in 15 states. Moreover, it contributes to science (and economics ) and the price is right. Indeed, eBird is the only way I track my observations and the app is the only way I enter checklists from the field.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ I also hope that the book serves as an example to other birders and publishing houses that there is a place and a market for state/province Big Year books. ” I wondered.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2012

At the recent Swarovski Social Media Summit in Arizona, Nate proselytized passionately for the program that both manages your sightings and contributes them to science. In fact, experience proved that the process is actually way more cumbersome and time-consuming than it should be.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2024

In science speak, this is named the optimal body mass hypothesis. For example , they were found to be better than human volunteers to see through magic tricks in which objects seemingly magically moved from one place to another.

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Critter News

MARCH 6, 2010

It will house rodents for use in experiments. Setting up experiments to try and develop new insights that would be even before the drug development phase. It would be looking at biomedical or cellular mechanisms that are changed, for example in heart disease, and get insights into what might be a target for drug development.”.The

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

The three co-authors of Life Along the Delaware Bay are scientists who know how to write about science without jargon or pretense. They are simply amazing, as I think you can see from the examples here. And, if you want to see a good example of how to convincingly present a case for conservation. Ah, the photographs!

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Delaware New Jersey Eggs Medical Research 226

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

Bird communication is a complex and evolving science. Signaling theory comes up frequently in bird literature (one example I can think of off-hand is Nick Davies’ Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature, Bloomsbury, 2015), but if you’re not familiar with its basic ideas you must read the Introduction.

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North America Birds Research America 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2023

Nestled between the Huangpu River and the East China Sea, Shanghai offers a captivating blend of urban charm and natural wonders, making it a must-visit destination for birders seeking a unique and diverse avian experience. The clash of nature and urban progress creates a bizarre and sometimes frustrating experience for birdwatchers.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

You’d think, then, that applying science to philosophy by studying the evolutionary underpinnings of thought and behavior across species would be right up my alley. As someone who is skeptical of free will and the notion that the interior experience of choice implies actual choice, I largely stand aside from this part of the argument.)

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2018

But my experiences in Belize and Honduras give me a good basis in the birds of the region and I have plenty of time to study and learn what to expect with the endemics. Then you go through twenty examples, choosing one of four options for each item to identify the bird in the image or sound clip. The concept is simple.

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Belize Mexico Honduras Science 138

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. A good example is the function of beauty in male birds. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. I disagree.

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2020 Birds North America Sparrows 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2012

Now, he’s sharing some information sure to improve your experience of American historical sites… When I’m not writing about sports teams and bird logos , birding ephemera , or stumbling into first state records , I’m helping protect Civil War-related national parks with the non-profit National Parks Conservation Association in DC.

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Mississippi Vermont Birds Nebraska 207

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Written in a friendly, inclusive style quietly grounded in science, How to Know the Birds is an excellent addition to the growing list of birding essay books by talented birder/writers like Pete Dunne and Kenn Kaufman.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 13, 2020

For example, if you need to walk through calculations and data projections that require significant context, you would be unlikely to dump everything into an email or text message. It doesn’t need a long, meandering discussion about world politics, science, or global markets. Be direct and respectful of their time. Be a human first.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Described in the “Territoriality and aggression” chapter, this is a sublime example of behaviour from the “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman, an Emeritus Chair in Behavioural and Environmental Biology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. How did I know that? “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. The thousands of hours of observations that have been added up over the years would not have been possible without the help of the many volunteers and assistants who have offered their time and energy in the cause of science and conservation.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

As an example, a highly precise reward could be a $50 Amazon gift card or $500 cash. To ensure the point about creating incentives with high precision values and rules, here’s an example of the opposite. When considered rationally, reps aren’t going to spend greedily on their spa day experience. This is an imprecise reward.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

This would have allowed you to summarize your experience in sentences such as “A total of 98 boluses regurgitated by 52 chicks aged 1 day to 11 days after hatching form the sample and are shown to contain 323 food items.” Where it is not – for example, in Japan – it will have difficulties finding a partner to mate.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 19, 2017

As an example, imagine a rep sitting around in a lobby, waiting for a meeting in which he or she really needs to convince a prospect to change and show contrast between you and your competitive alternatives (or their incumbent vendor, for that matter). or even pay more (why pay?). The technology is ready.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

The hornbill paragraph, for example explains how the male seals the female into the cavity nest, using mud and droppings, leaving a small hole through which he feeds her. Jenkins has written and illustrated a number of science-based books for children, many with his wife, Robin Page. These illustrations by Steve Jenkins are perfect.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 9, 2018

As a result, sales reps’ previous experience selling for another company isn’t always transferrable when it comes to selling for you. For example, at the earliest stages, reps must be able to ask good discovery questions, and deliver a compelling value proposition that maps to the prospective customer’s pain points.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2016

Example data sheet. So often, scientific models and predictions remain intangible to people; using my day-to-day bird experiences, I want to show people that they will lose an element of their lives if these birds disappear forever. Periodically, I would upload the list into an Excel file.

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2015 Pelicans Birds Species 110

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Donning the analyst hat I wore in my previous role – and also pulling from experiences I have with our sales team and customers every day – here are my sales enablement and readiness predictions for 2018: 1. Sales has always been an art, but expect the scales to tip more heavily toward science, in terms of how sales organizations are run.

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2018 Agenda Experience Experiments 91

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

For example, 68% of millennials would rather make a B2B purchase via a website than through a sales representative. If you haven’t updated your go-to-market and sales strategies in the past several years based on customer experiences and expectations, you’re lagging behind. Barriers to measuring ROI. and build success from there.??.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Here’s an example: Teams can be short lived. Accountants have their own knowledge set that pertains to certain aspects of the sales process and the customer experience. Check out my podcast, Behavioral Grooves , if you’d like to stay in touch with my weekly messages on linking behavioral science to work and life.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I selected this paper because it is unusually accessible (for example, it does not have formal modeling, genetic analysis, or daunting equations) and tells a fascinating story about shipping tiny birds hundreds of miles between two isolated islands in the remote Pacific Ocean. Biological Conservation 199 (2016): 146-156. It is all business.

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