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« Reply #1515 on: January 05, 2018, 04:25:38 PM »
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« Reply #1516 on: January 05, 2018, 04:54:53 PM »
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Scientists in awe of huge olfactory bulb found in turkey vulture brain

http://insider.si.edu/2017/12/scientists-in-awe-of-huge-olfactory-bulb-found-in-turkey-vulture-brain/


A turkey vulture, left, and a black vulture vie for access to carrion. Lacking the highly sensitive sense of smell that turkey vultures have, black vultures often follow turkey vultures to a meal and then aggressively push them away. (Flickr photo by Jim Mullhaupt)


This image shows the well developed nasal openings of a turkey vulture. (Flickr photo by David Wynia)


Shown above are the brains of (a) black vulture and (b) turkey vulture. Arrows indicate the olifactory bulb (OB) and optic lobe (TeO) of each specimen.

More: Turkey Vultures Have a Keen Sense of Smell and Now We Know Why

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/turkey-vultures-have-keen-sense-smell-and-now-we-know-why-180967599/

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« Reply #1517 on: January 05, 2018, 05:16:40 PM »
Can migratory birds survive rapid climate change? The answer may be in their genes

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/can-migratory-birds-survive-rapid-climate-change-the-answer-may-be-in-their-genes

How bird genetics adapt to climate change

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-bird-genetics-climate.html

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« Reply #1518 on: January 05, 2018, 07:52:22 PM »
December Content Alert - 9 New Articles in December, 2018 in The Auk and The Condor

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1117729130041&ca=b08a1be1-c78d-4c74-853c-524ad974fb3d
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« Reply #1519 on: January 06, 2018, 06:22:45 PM »
Maryland student climbs into bald eagle nests in the name of science (nice story)

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/science/bs-hs-bald-eagle-research-20171215-story.html

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« Reply #1520 on: January 08, 2018, 08:56:46 PM »
If Australian animals don't poison you or eat you, they'll BURN DOWN YOUR HOUSE

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/08/australian_birds_light_fires/

Abstract: Intentional Fire-Spreading by "Firehawk" Raptors in Northern Australia

http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2993/0278-0771-37.4.700

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« Reply #1521 on: January 08, 2018, 09:04:18 PM »
Journal of Ethnobiology / Dec 2017 - Table of Contents

http://www.bioone.org/toc/etbi/37/4
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« Reply #1522 on: January 10, 2018, 01:58:43 PM »
Some birds are so stressed by noise pollution it looks like they have PTSD

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/01/09/some-birds-are-so-stressed-by-noise-pollution-it-looks-like-they-have-ptsd/?utm_term=.77a79b6eafca&wpisrc=nl_science&wpmm=1

Abstract: Chronic anthropogenic noise disrupts glucocorticoid signaling and has multiple effects on fitness in an avian community

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/01/03/1709200115

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« Reply #1523 on: January 11, 2018, 03:28:53 PM »
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« Reply #1524 on: January 12, 2018, 02:40:50 PM »
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Birds of prey are starting fires DELIBERATELY: Kites and falcons are 'intentionally dropping smouldering twigs' to smoke out mice and insects in Australia.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3439042/Birds-prey-starting-fires-DELIBERATELY-Brown-falcon-dropped-smouldering-twigs-Australian-bush-smoke-mice-insects-say-researchers.html



More information about how raptors adapt to and benefit from fires. Bonus item on why no squirrel is safe.

Raptors Are Avian Arsonists

http://daily.jstor.org/raptors-are-avian-arsonists/?utm_source=internalhouse&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily_03032016&cid=eml_j_jstordaily_dailylist_03032016



More info (also see article posted 1/8/18):

Firehawks: In Australia, birds of prey are intentionally setting the forests on fire

https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/arsonist-birds-hawk-11012018/






Why These Birds Carry Flames In Their Beaks

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/wildfires-birds-animals-australia/

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« Reply #1527 on: January 12, 2018, 03:47:16 PM »
Owls Dying Near Marijuana Farms (Here's Why)

https://www.livescience.com/61403-marijuana-farms-dying-owls.html




Paper: Exposure to rodenticides in Northern Spotted and Barred Owls on remote forest lands in northwestern California: evidence of food web contamination

https://www.ace-eco.org/vol13/iss1/art2/
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« Reply #1529 on: January 12, 2018, 07:26:08 PM »
As climate warms, more bird nests are destroyed in Finnish farmlands

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-climate-bird-finnish-farmlands.html

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