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Stool Pigeon
8 hours ago | Ornithology
Earlier, I wrote a blog on pigeons with missing toes. It got me wondering about pigeons in general and especially why we call a police informant a “stool pigeon.” The phrase...
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Best Bird of the Weekend
23 hours ago | 10,000 Birds
The end of September doesn't necessarily mean the end of what you might enjoy about September birding but it definitely signals the beginning of what you love about October...
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Red-collared Lorikeet rescue
1 day ago | 10,000 Birds
We have had some very hot and dry days this past week with temperatures around 40c most days and also humidity as low as 6%. It is always hotter as you move away from the coast...
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Fall Migration in Costa Rica- Six Things I Have Learned
3 days ago | 10,000 Birds
For the first 30 something years of my life, fall migration was when the warblers “sipped”, “chipped” and “seeped” in the tired, late summer leaves. It was when I searched for...
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Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of September 2020?
3 days ago | 10,000 Birds
The last weekend of September doesn't herald the end of this cycle of migration but rather a run to its peak. The best fall/spring birding weekend in your part of the world may...
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Swarovski NL Pure - the Sexiest Binoculars Ever
4 days ago | 10,000 Birds
When I saw the NL Pure in a webinar for the first time, immediately - before the webinar ended, I asked my Swarovski sales rep for a pair to test. Later I remembered to ask for...
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The Importance of Citizen Science in Mexico
5 days ago | 10,000 Birds
I have written about this before, and I'll probably write about it again. Birding in Mexico is not like birding in the United States... especially when it comes to interpreting...
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Genome‐wide association study of shank length and diameter at different developmental stages in chicken F2 resource population
6 days ago | Animal Genetics | 2 articles
Abstract
In order to find SNPs and genes affecting shank traits, we performed a GWAS in a chicken F2 population of eight half‐sib families from five hatches derived from...
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Birds and Smoke
7 days ago | Ornithology
There was a recent report of hundreds of thousands of birds found dead in New Mexico.
Biologists figure it has something to do with the wildfires that are plaguing the western...
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Best Bird of the Weekend
7 days ago | 10,000 Birds
Every weekend seems to be wild from the perspective of human history. To every bird, though, mid-September remains what it's always been: a good time to feed, mass, and move...
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Stool Pigeon
Earlier, I wrote a blog on pigeons with missing toes. It got me wondering about pigeons in general and especially why we call a police informant a “stool pigeon.” The phrase... Read more ...
Red-collared Lorikeet rescue
We have had some very hot and dry days this past week with temperatures around 40c most days and also humidity as low as 6%. It is always hotter as you move away from the coast... Read more ...
Best Bird of the Weekend
The end of September doesn't necessarily mean the end of what you might enjoy about September birding but it definitely signals the beginning of what you love about October... Read more ...