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Suburban Roadrunners of Southern Missouri

August 26, 2014 by Nate 3 Comments

There’s no species of bird more associated with the North American desert than Greater Roadrunner. Just mention the bizarre giant ground cuckoo and you...

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The Flight of the Vultures

August 22, 2014 by Carrie 1 Comment

The only bird we saw in every state was the Turkey Vulture. No vast kettles, yet, only ones and twos. But the turkey vultures...

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Honey, I Shrunk The Dinosaurs!

August 19, 2014 by Greg 6 Comments

There is a fantastic paper just out in Science: “Sustained miniaturization and anatomoical innovation in the dinosaurian anceestors of birds” by Michael Lee, Andrea...

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What’s That Chat? Part 1

August 16, 2014 by Redgannet 3 Comments

What Chat is That? Part 1 To the south of Johannesburg is an isolated mountain which rises from the surrounding plain. It plays host...

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Glue Trapped

August 15, 2014 by Suzie 13 Comments

Glue traps: For compassion’s sake, please do not set, place, or hang them. Here’s why. Sentient people recoil at the idea of leg-hold traps,...

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Grey Butcherbirds – Australia’s Shrikes

August 13, 2014 by Duncan 1 Comment

When J. Latham first described Grey Butcherbirds in 1801, like most people of the age he assumed Australia’s birds should be seen in the context...

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Which Juvenile Shorebird is Better? Least Sandpiper or Short-billed Dowitcher?

August 11, 2014 by Corey 6 Comments

Every single summer when I am out experiencing the mud and heat and shorebirds on the the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge...

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All about alcids: Extravagant divers of northern oceans

August 10, 2014 by David 7 Comments

Across the world’s northern oceans, 24 species of auklets, murres, puffins, guillemots, and related seabirds make a living catching food beneath the waves and...

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