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« Reply #1755 on: June 22, 2018, 02:03:50 PM »
Garden seed diet for threatened turtle doves has negative impact

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180621101331.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


New research into Britain's fastest declining bird species has found that young turtle doves raised on a diet of seeds foraged from non-cultivated arable plants rather than food provided in people's gardens are more likely to survive after fledging.
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« Reply #1756 on: June 23, 2018, 12:37:40 PM »
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« Reply #1757 on: June 24, 2018, 03:57:15 PM »
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« Reply #1758 on: June 28, 2018, 02:43:59 PM »
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« Reply #1759 on: June 28, 2018, 03:16:48 PM »
Tropical 'banana eater' birds lived in North America 52 million years ago

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This is a Knysna Turaco (Tauraco corythaix), Wilderness, Western Cape, South Africa.
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« Reply #1760 on: June 28, 2018, 03:22:15 PM »
Bird Images May Offer Clue to "Land of Punt"

https://www.archaeology.org/news/6748-180626-egypt-secretary-bird

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« Reply #1761 on: June 28, 2018, 03:27:19 PM »
It's go time for Hawaiian bird conservation, and luckily there's a playbook

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Abstract: Research and management priorities for Hawaiian forest birds

http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1650/CONDOR-18-25.1
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« Reply #1762 on: June 28, 2018, 04:23:21 PM »
Fifty-ninth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/full/10.1642/AUK-18-62.1?code=coop-site
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« Reply #1763 on: June 28, 2018, 04:25:29 PM »
Keratin nanofiber distribution and feather microstructure in penguins

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-18-2.1
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« Reply #1764 on: June 28, 2018, 04:26:28 PM »
Malarial infection alters wax ester composition of preen oil in songbirds: Results of an experimental study

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-242.1
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« Reply #1765 on: June 28, 2018, 04:36:47 PM »
A flicker of hope: Genomic data distinguish Northern Flicker taxa despite low levels of divergence

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-18-7.1

Variation in nest characteristics and brooding patterns of female Black-throated Blue Warblers is associated with thermal cues

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-195.1

Confirmed year-round residence and land roosting of Whiskered Auklets (Aethia pygmaea) at Buldir Island, Alaska

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-235.1

Parental incubation patterns and the effect of group size in a Neotropical cooperative breeder

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-236.1

Extreme drought alters frequency and reproductive success of floaters in Willow Flycatchers

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-206.1

Experimental test for a trade-off between successful nesting and survival in capital breeders with precocial offspring

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-205.1

Repeatability of a dynamic sexual trait: Skin color variation in the Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-150.1

Examination of context-dependent effects of natal traits on lifetime reproductive success using a long-term study of a temperate songbird

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-177.1

Classic pattern of leapfrog migration in Sooty Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis) is not supported by direct migration tracking of individual birds

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-224.1

Energy for the road: Influence of carbohydrate and water availability on fueling processes in autumn-migrating passerines

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-228.1

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« Reply #1766 on: June 28, 2018, 04:37:28 PM »
Evidence of widespread movements from breeding to molting grounds by North American landbirds

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-201.1
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Temporal and multi-spatial environmental drivers of duck nest survival

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-207.1

Automated telemetry reveals staging behavior in a declining migratory passerine

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-219.1?code=coop-site

Using radio frequency identification (RFID) to investigate the gap-crossing decisions of Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-162.1

Sex differences in early determinants of lifetime reproductive success in a polygynous bird: Should mothers adjust offspring sex ratios?

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-227.1

Migratory routes and wintering locations of declining inland North American Common Terns

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-17-210.1
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