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New research adds a bit more to our understanding of bird migration. Hore & Henrik Mouritsen of Universität Oldenburg, Germany, have just published a paper in Nature called “ Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird ”. Birds EMF migration Navigation research'
The HBW entry for the Downy Woodpecker (Reno, USA) illustrates a common phenomenon – apparently, the more a species is known, the more subjects for further research pop up. T he European Green Woodpecker (Visselhoevede, Germany) is closely related to the Grey-headed Woodpecker, but less demanding in terms of its habitat ( source ).
That’s according to scientists who discovered the bird’s 47-million-year-old fossil in Germany. The three-inch-long, “very weird-looking” bird apparently had a long, hummer-like beak and feet made for perching, researchers told National Geographic. Image above by Sven Traenkner, Seckenberg Research Institute).
It was probably a great spotted woodpecker, which is very common in Germany. My dad and I researched various ways to get rid of the ambitious couple. She was the one who figured out that the knocking noise came from a woodpecker trying to build a home in our facade. First, we tried fixing the hole multiple times.
Whittaker’s adventures in olfactory research take unexpected turns into genetics, chemistry, and the halls of academia. Whittaker’s research road is more serpentine than most academics. ” (p. It’s taken a critical mass of women scientists to be heard and to be respected.
On the one hand, they are very easy to see in Germany, swimming in public parks or teaching pensioners how to eat bread. And now we get to the part of the post in which I briefly and unscientifically mention a few research papers on the species to have a reason to post a few more of my photos.
Starting with the 5 th place: The Peacock (Pavo cristatus) My very detailed research (thanks, Wikipedia) taught me that these birds are actually called Indian Peafowls – I´m learning a lot writing these posts! The bronze medal ( 3 rd place ) goes to: The European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) Robins are very common in Germany.
And now, researchers from Japan, Germany and Sweden confirmed what I knew all the time, like if I needed them to tell me so. Conservation research tits According to some very rude finches, I was merely wasting my time by their bush, annoying them in the process. Japanese Great Tit, credit: Toshitaka Suzuki.
A Carolina Parakeet mounted in a museum in Germany Fritz Geller-Grimm. I suspect that way more research and documentation is conducted on indigenous bird species. The exceptions to this rule might pertain to increasing exotic species that researchers suspect are having massive impacts on native birds ie.
Either that or having family friends in Germany. Your author watching a Hawfinch instead of the castle Now it was time to research the trip. First hand birder knowledge of Germany, and in English! I decided then and there that I needed to bird Germany in a way that would make a birding Kraut cry with jealousy.
Yibin is a typical smallish Chinese city (which in China means slightly above 850,000 people in the metro area, which would make it the fifth-biggest city in Germany but does not get it into the top 100 in China). It seems he was mostly an ichthyologist, which makes naming a decidedly non-fishy bird after him a bit weird.
You see, it clearly resembles a hybrid between the Spanish and the House Sparrow, and an ancient hybrid event was long suspected to be the source of its existence – with recent research indicating that apparently this isn’t the case after all.
Recent research however has shown it to be more closely linked to Ardea -herons. Until a friend sends you pictures of a very small Great Egret in Germany in winter – with bright pink legs, a black bill and a turquoise cere. Which is as unhandy as can be, since this means a genus formerly exclusive to herons now hosts an egret.
In the late 80s I was invited by Zeiss to go to Wetzlar in Germany to see the company’s binoculars being manufactured, an invitation that was too good to refuse. I was one of a small group of journalists, each of whom was presented with the latest Dialyt 10×40 inscribed with our initials.
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.
Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556. Early research suggested that “Fragmented distributions and population bottlenecks due to human activities appear to have increased genetic differentiation among populations” (Leberg 1991).
In the past there has been a lot of research done using satellite tracking to find out the exact routes that a variety of larger migratory shorebirds take and there were some amazing discoveries made. It was discovered that a Bar-tailed Godwit could fly over 10,000kms non-stop !
Recently published research suggests that these corvids are at least as clever as primates like chimpanzees. A team of researchers from Sweden, the UK, and Germany collaborated to study intelligence in Ravens, Jackdaws , and New Caledonian Crows.
The group had targeted about 40 firms as part of an international conspiracy to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal research laboratory based near Cambridge. Some employees from firms in Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland had "puppy killer" and "scum" daubed on their houses. From Reuters.
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Marc Hauser, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard University, recently opened his own such research lab and has 1,000 dogs lined up as subjects. In some cases, their research suggests that our pets are manipulating us rather than welling up with human-like feeling. Other facilities are operating in the U.S. and Europe.
The volume „Tierrechte – eine interdisziplinäre Herausforderung“ (literally „Animal Rights – an interdisciplinary challenge“ has just been released from Harald Fischer Verlag (publisher), Germany. The results of the lectures are written down in this book. More information on the book can be found here. We really appreciate it! Thanks a lot!
That is very cold for the south of Germany. This thrush is extremely common in urban and suburban Germany and one of the most conspicuous bird species here, comparable to the American Robin in North America. Last summer, birders suddenly started to notice that the Blackbirds were gone from their yards around Heidelberg.
Given how far Hokkaido is from Europe, it seems a bit surprising how many bird species wintering on this Japanese island have a name starting with “Eurasian” Or how many of these species I have also seen in my parents’ garden in Germany. Like the Eurasian Nuthatch.
One paper – describing research conveniently done at the university campus of Chittagong University, presumably close to the canteen – looks at resource partitioning between this bee-eater and another one, the chestnut-headed bee-eater. Still, it was worth it for seeing several Asian Green Bee-eaters alone.
And, he places current research within a framework of paleontological history of intrigue, backstabbing, and name-calling feuds. (No, The book begins with the discovery of Archaeopteryx in Germany in 1861. Don’t let the university press imprint deceive you.
It even seems that the pliant researchers indirectly support the fighting (even though it has led to the species being one of the most hunted ones in that province) by developing a quick method to identify the sex of the bird (the males turn out to be somewhat bigger and thus presumably the more coveted fighters). Shame on the researchers.
I came across this strange article about German research on which slaughter method creates more pain for the animal: the Western method of stunning or the Islamic method of a cut to the neck. According to the researchers, the Islamic method wins. Tags: islam Slaughterhouse Germany cows. What an utterly grotesque project.
The Common Moorhen still is in Germany what its name implies: common. Well, it is rather common and can even be scarce regionally, but overall it is not a difficult bird to find in Germany so long as a cunning birder frequents reedy wetlands.
I am not sure about the security situation in Iraq these days but at least some people do ornithological research there – resulting in papers such as one titled “Breeding observations of the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines , 1789) in Iraq” Impressive. If you want to signal to your environment that you a.
It was very touching to read a comment from Mayr to a more non-scientific article by Liebers & Helbig in a German birdwatching magazine about the Herring Gull not being a ring species, where Mayr applauded them and was happy not only over but beyond the moon about the research.
Take a look at this little Blue Tit and admit that you have never seen a more pathetic picture of a bird that combines the colours blue, yellow, green, white, and black in the most marvellous way you have ever seen: Recent research has shown that Leonardo da Vinci showed a Blue Tit to his model while he painted the smile on “Mona Lisa&#.
This model was very popular in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s and it was commonly called “Ente“ (duck) due to its round hood. When researching the origin of this saying, I figured it pertained to snares that were used to catch thrushes until better times prevailed. Thushing means strangulation until death do us part.
Severe weather can stress birds and even influence the coloration of their feathers , new research finds. Seattle doesn’t root just for the Seahawks … study reports that Emerald City residents (and those of Berlin, Germany) find common birds like finches and corvids worth opening their wallets for. Different, but the same?
An organization called the Carolina Avian Research and Education states that “if you google the top ten most beautiful birds in the world, it [the Golden Pheasant ] always makes the list.” I guess in China, there is always money for research related to Giant Pandas. ” True or not?
Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Kuala Selangor Nature Park. 12 Jun 2018. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. 12 Jun 2018.
Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Orange-bellied Leafbird – Chloropsis hardwickii. Jeriau Waterfall. 12 Jun 2018.
Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Orange-bellied Leafbird – Chloropsis hardwickii. Jeriau Waterfall. 12 Jun 2018.
Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Ridgway’s Rail – Rallus obsoletus. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018.
Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Seychelles Swiftlet – Aerodramus elaphrus. Anse Boileau. 27 Jul 2018. 06 May 2018.
Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Seychelles Swiftlet – Aerodramus elaphrus. Anse Boileau. 27 Jul 2018. 06 May 2018.
An interesting overview summarizing the research on the world’s 20 stork species finds that of the almost 1000 papers on storks published between 1950 and 2022, only 2 are on Storm’s Stork while all other stork species have at least 11 papers, and often many more (371 in the case of the White Stork).
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