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Some Hokkaido Winter Passerines

10,000 Birds

For Coal T**s , resident birds were found to be slimmer than transients, which makes sense as they have better knowledge of the available resources and thus less volatility in their food supply (and of course slimmer birds are better at not being eaten themselves). In science speak, this is named the optimal body mass hypothesis.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

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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Birding Shanghai in January 2023

10,000 Birds

The Azure-winged Magpie seems to be a favorite subject of intelligence tests – resulting in papers with fancy titles such as “Performance of Azure-winged magpies in Aesop’s fable paradigm” “We are not only ornithologists, we also know about classical culture” Wow. But I may well be wrong.

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Positive Responses from Animal Testers?

Critter News

Drug and chemical companies say they endorse a Europe-wide initiative intended to eventually end the use of animals in research and safety testing. Testing a single chemical takes up to five years, involves 800 rodents and costs $3.8

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Marketing hacks to make you a sales management guru

Sales and Marketing Management

Put on your science hat and ask some questions about your territories: How well did a particular message fly with each audience? This approach appeals to the fact that more than 30% of our brain’s resources are dedicated to vision. Test, test, test!? Marketers find insights in the data because they look for it.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. This is a project that clearly spanned decades. Van Der Donck Meadows in the 1700s, with an Indian trail crossing it where W. 231st Street is now located. .

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Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg

10,000 Birds

More Science for the People Berry Go Round Comin’ Round Birdscapes Tuesday Trivia Link from the New York Times About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Or These Blasts From The Past Transitional Fossil?

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