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Where America dreams of/goes birding?

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But first, not thinking of proper research, I made no difference between questions, nor were the mentioned destinations really visited or only dreamed about. Several times, the answer was “Africa”, which, being a continent and not a country, I excluded from the statistics, but will further comment below. 8%: Brazil, Panama.

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Vote Now for Awesome Ornithology Projects!

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We’re always interested in what he’s up to and pleased that his research and our collective interest in cool birds can come together in such an opportune manner. Please read and then vote for either Nick or Maria’s research! Would you support research on birds with just a click on Facebook? Maria’s Project.

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Songbird-parrot link strengthened in new study, with implications for vocal learning

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Last month, I wrote about hypothesized relationships between passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas , noting a need for further research on the subject. The post stimulated some great discussions but not really any additional commentary on the science behind these proposed relationships. Ringer Suh et al.

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eBird Economics: How Much Would You Pay to See Birds?

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Birders who submit their checklists to Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird likely know that their data may be used to conduct scientific research on subjects such as migration, changes in range, or assessment of populations. I emailed the authors and asked about their research and their use of eBird data.

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Do birds avoid predators because of culture?

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My research in the Congo supports this idea. I spent a lot of time with Efe Pygmy hunters in the deep forest, and I spent a certain amount of time either entirely alone or with only one other researcher, this or that American. Part of that research was to document human avoidance by ground mammals, and that was stark and apparent.

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Everglades Long-Legged Birds Feed Their Young To Alligators, Everything is Good.

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Previous research has shown that wading bird nesting colonies could provide substantial food for alligators in the form of dropped chicks. Alligator morphometric body condition indices were significantly higher in colony than in non-colony locations, an effect that was statistically independent of a range of environmental variables.

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Western Snowy Plover

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After several hours of research, my deep appreciation for this wonderful shorebird has not diminished. All in all, it was a bit overwhelming, but I was quite fascinated with the marked improvement of the status of this bird.

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