10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Some of the lazier Common Moorhens apparently try to pass the arduous work of raising their chicks on to other species -a paper describes how Little Bitterns are utilized as surrogate parents. .” So, it is definitely a pigeon, not a cuckoo, and my guess is that the cuckoo part of the name hints at the body shape of these species.

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Geese Birds Fish Sparrows 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. This is something I’ve often thought reference book authors and publishers should do, though I understand it demands resources. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 243

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 7, 2018

Leaders are asked to raise the performance of those around them, but the reality is not everyone is up to the challenge. The science of finding a good fit. For some, finding a good fit comes down to sticking with a process and going on gut instinct, but others turn to science. The question is asked in all facets of life?—?sports,

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Science Seattle Rescue Industry 59

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Even more telling, the support the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission was expecting from its hunting community simply never materialized. Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Another question this raises has to do with migration itself. They migrate because those with migratory adaptations who moved from region to region to follow seasonal changes in food supply or other resources had, ultimately, higher Darwinian fitness. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1046 (1), 282-293 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1343.026

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Compassion Humane Research Egypt 247

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).

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New York City Illinois Science Killing 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books.

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North America America California Condor Birds 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

It is mostly a question of economics – raising just one is troublesome enough given the resources required to feed and educate the chick. Chongming Dongtan, where these photos were taken, is the wintering location of about 100 Hooded Cranes – about 1% of the global population.

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Iraq Birds China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.

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