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T40cfr403:
This is too good not to pass on - researchers used the equivalent of tin foil hats to study how birds use the earth's magnetic field to navigate. ;D
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150227131003.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily%29
T40cfr403:
Thought provoking, isn't it Bird obsession? I swear I can tell time by my cats when their internal dinner bell goes off. ;) The researchers did point out there's probably something else going on with memories about food caches and couldn't comment on learned behavior or training. And crows truly are amazing, I agree, as well as chimps (Chimp Eden bias there, maybe).
The paper is a meta-analysis of previous specific research, so I'm taking their findings with a grain of salt. They couldn't say much about birds in general because most of the research had been done on pigeons, for example. I'm assuming their statistical analysis is accurate, but I think we're a loooong ways from understanding how our furry, feathered and scaly friends think! I enjoyed your observations!
T40cfr403:
This sounds promising! It's the first proactive avian research I've run across for wind farms. 'Bout time.
http://renewables.seenews.com/news/wind-turbines-off-finlands-coast-to-stop-when-birds-approach-466556
http://www.adn.com/article/20150305/finland-wind-farm-aims-limit-harm-birds
T40cfr403:
Neanderthals made eagle claw jewelry?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150311160442.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29
T40cfr403:
This is such a good article from Audubon! It's cutting-edge research in a highly informative, entertaining and readable format. (I've always thought eaglets in their gray-cottonball-down-clown-feet stage look positively prehistoric. If I'm not looking at a dinosaur, it's pretty darn close.)
Which Came First: the Dinosaur or the Bird?
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/january-february-2015/which-came-first-dinosaur-or-bird?utm_source=engagement&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2015-03-19_email_wingspan
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