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Penguin Feathers Could Lead To New Ways To De-Ice Airplanes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/penguin-feathers-de-ice-airplanes_56534657e4b0258edb323443?utm_hp_ref=science&ir=Science&section=science

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Fastest pigeons tend to become flock leaders; leaders learn navigation skills more effectively than followers.

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-fastest-pigeons-tend-flock-leaders.html

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Eggshell porosity can be used to infer the type of nest built by extinct archosaurs.

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-eggshell-porosity-infer-built-extinct.html

Paper: Eggshell Porosity Provides Insight on Evolution of Nesting in Dinosaurs

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0142829

Here's a related article that explains brooders' eggs have fewer pores than buriers', (i.e., buried eggs need to respire).

Dinosaur egg study supports evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs.

http://phys.org/news/2013-04-dinosaur-egg-evolutionary-link-birds.html

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A common mechanism for human and bird sound production. Interesting.

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-common-mechanism-human-bird-production.html

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Neuroscientists identify neural patterns birds use to learn their songs

http://phys.org/news/2015-11-neuroscientists-neural-patterns-birds-songs.html

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Share the care: Long-tailed tits show coordinated parenting is beneficial for chicks. Interesting observations.

http://phys.org/news/2015-12-long-tailed-tits-parenting-beneficial-chicks.html

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Seabirds Are Dumping Pollution-Laden Poop Back on Land - this is an eye-opening story!

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/seabirds-are-dumping-pollution-laden-poop-back-land-180957288/?no-ist

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Habitat loss seen as rising threat to world's migratory birds

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-birds-idUSKBN0TM2QM20151203#36ty2EvMcaI7gbq3.97

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The Going Is Getting Tougher for World's Migratory Birds - Study finds only 9% have adequate protection along their routes.

http://www.newser.com/story/217030/the-going-is-getting-tougher-for-worlds-migratory-birds.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=inbox&utm_campaign=newser

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Northern spotted owl decline linked to invasive barred owl, habitat loss, and climate.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151210181639.htm

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Story:  New model to track animal paths from solar geolocators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151207114009.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Paper: A hidden Markov model for reconstructing animal paths from solar geolocation loggers using templates for light intensity

http://www.movementecologyjournal.com/content/3/1/25

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Urban swans' genes make them plucky. Wonder if this applies to eagles, too? The data suggest swans are adaptive and we know eagles certainly are, too.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151211130113.htm

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Influence of Earth's history on the dawn of modern birds. Very interesting.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151211145038.htm

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Snail Kites? Affinity for Home Leaves It in More Peril. Possibly the first evidence of this behavior in vertebrates.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151210093602.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

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New evidence of tool use discovered in parrots. Very smart! Be sure to watch the video at the end of the article.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151216082208.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29