10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2024

In science speak, this is named the optimal body mass hypothesis. The eBird author of the entry on the Common Redpoll apparently suffers from winter depression, asking readers to “listen for their [the redpolls] chattering calls ringing through the desolate winter landscape” No winter wonderland for this depressed writer.

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Iran Germany Research Humane 237

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

Where it is not – for example, in Japan – it will have difficulties finding a partner to mate. but on the one hand, this is not a sci-fi blog and I am not interested in science fiction (excluding of course Douglas Adams), and on the other hand, the answer from my side would be “no” anyway. .”

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Red-flanked Bluetail is also the subject of an otherwise relatively unremarkable paper , but it uses the interesting term “autumn obesity” Maybe this Marsh Sandpiper also suffers from autumn obesity? The Eurasian Hobby was another notable raptor of the month. They can also learn phonetic categories ( source ).

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Birds China Eggs Owls 260

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2024

The Brown-eared Bulbul is quite common in Japan but much less so in Shanghai. Apparently, in Japan some bird watchers do not particularly like bulbuls as they scare the other species away – here, being a single individual, this bulbul did not dare to bully any other species. In others, more like a sock puppet.

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Japan Birds Singapore 2003 240