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« Reply #135 on: November 11, 2015, 03:41:34 PM »
The owls beyond the Andes: Divergence between distant populations suggests new species.

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-owls-andes-divergence-distant-populations.html
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« Reply #136 on: November 12, 2015, 06:52:30 PM »
Breeding flexibility helps migratory songbirds adjust to climate warming.

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-flexibility-migratory-songbirds-adjust-climate.html
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« Reply #137 on: November 13, 2015, 01:41:13 PM »
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« Reply #138 on: November 14, 2015, 08:13:14 AM »
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« Reply #139 on: November 17, 2015, 02:12:37 PM »
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« Reply #140 on: November 17, 2015, 02:14:46 PM »
Very interesting research & lots of possibilities.

Article:  Why are some wild animals more tolerant to human interaction than others?

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-wild-animals-tolerant-human-interaction.html

Paper:  Increased tolerance to humans among disturbed wildlife.

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151116/ncomms9877/full/ncomms9877.html
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« Reply #141 on: November 18, 2015, 02:37:29 PM »
Graduate students explore the effect climate change has on local bird populations. And it's bad news for loggerhead shrikes and burrowing owls in New Mexico.

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-students-explore-effect-climate-local.html
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« Reply #142 on: November 18, 2015, 04:18:32 PM »
Study finds pigeons uncommonly good at distinguishing cancerous from normal breast tissue.

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-pigeons-uncommonly-good-distinguishing-cancerous.html

(Maybe human pathologists should be trained with Cheetos?)
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« Reply #143 on: November 18, 2015, 05:41:17 PM »
Natural wetlands still better than rice fields for egrets in southeast US.

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-natural-wetlands-rice-fields-egrets.html
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« Reply #144 on: November 18, 2015, 10:50:42 PM »
Keeping live snakes in the nest can benefit owlets.

https://www.audubon.org/news/what-would-screech-owl-want-blind-snake

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« Reply #145 on: November 19, 2015, 02:40:33 PM »
Hummingbirds rely on raw power, not physique, to outmaneuver rivals.

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-hummingbirds-raw-power-physique-outmaneuver.html

Piping plovers losing breeding habitat to wetland drainage

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-piping-plovers-habitat-wetland-drainage.html

The Fred and Ginger of the finch world (w/ Video). Very cool!

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-fred-ginger-finch-world-video.html
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« Reply #146 on: November 20, 2015, 06:18:20 AM »
The cuckoo sheds new light on the scientific mystery of bird migration.

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-cuckoo-scientific-mystery-bird-migration.html
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« Reply #147 on: November 21, 2015, 05:41:33 AM »
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« Reply #148 on: November 21, 2015, 05:45:00 AM »
Climate change 'affecting' bird migration: eco-group.

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-climate-affecting-bird-migration-eco-group.html
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« Reply #149 on: November 23, 2015, 12:27:03 PM »
Bird poaching continues to result in victims.

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-bird-poaching-result-victims.html
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