1 day ago | Ornithology

The reasons birds sing is to declare or defend a territory and to attract a mate as part of courtship. They don't sing because they are happy, although some philosopher and...
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Locusts and Oriental Pratincoles around Broome

3 days ago | 10,000 Birds

Although we have not had a lot of rain recently there has been enough to turn the dry dusty landscape into a lush green environment. We often think about how deceiving it would...
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Pat's Costa Rica Bird List, 2021

3 days ago | 10,000 Birds

2021 is already well underway, are you birding? I hope so because watching a flock of redpolls bound through wintery airs that echo with the calls of crows is nature connection...
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Bodegas Navarro Lopez Laguna de la Nava Gran Reserva (2013)

5 days ago | 10,000 Birds

I'm moving house at the end of this month, which provided a good opportunity for me to dig around my modest wine cellar - my basement, that is - for any older bottles of aging...
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Birding crème de la crème: Africa - Ngorongoro Crater to Queen Elizabeth II National Park

6 days ago | 10,000 Birds

This is the second post in the Birding crème de la crème series (the first, focused on southern Asia, is here ). This time we travel to Africa, or to narrow it further, to the...
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Snow Geese in Florida

6 days ago | 10,000 Birds

By their very name, most would assume you can't spot Snow Geese in Florida. The Sunshine State isn't known for its massive snow drifts, nor for the massive flocks of Snow Geese...
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A Slacker's Guide to Bird Photography

7 days ago | 10,000 Birds

It always surprises me when people compliment my photographs. As I have often commented on this site, I started taking photos of birds only to improve the accuracy of my IDs...
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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act - Part II

8 days ago | 10,000 Birds

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently finalized a rule regarding its narrowing interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. However, it is unlikely that this rule...
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Identification of new genes and quantitative trait locis associated with growth curve parameters in F2 chicken population using genome‐wide association study

8 days ago | Animal Genetics | 2 articles

Summary The markers which are correlated with the growth curve parameters help in understanding the characteristics of individual growth during the rearing of livestock. This...
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It's All in the Timing

9 days ago | Ornithology

Several years ago I took my second trip to Australia and this time drove up the Gold Coast from Sydney to past Brisbane and to the beginning of the Great Barrier Reef. Along...
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Birds Singing for Us

The reasons birds sing is to declare or defend a territory and to attract a mate as part of courtship. They don't sing because they are happy, although some philosopher and... Read more ...