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« Reply #1590 on: February 20, 2018, 08:13:44 PM »
Are seismic surveys driving penguins from their feeding grounds?

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-seismic-surveys-penguins-grounds.html

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« Reply #1591 on: February 20, 2018, 08:17:35 PM »
These Bird Scientists Say Feral Cat Advocates Are Lying About Science Just Like Climate Deniers

https://www.buzzfeed.com/danvergano/feral-cats-birds-science-denial?utm_term=.puonZewYW#.shOwAO8EK

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« Reply #1592 on: February 20, 2018, 08:22:49 PM »
Groundhogs Don't Have a Clue

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/groundhogs-dont-have-a-clue/

Quote: "...recent research has revealed that birds sense changes in barometric pressure, sometimes days in advance of a pending storm."

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« Reply #1593 on: February 20, 2018, 08:25:36 PM »
Birds and mammals respond quicker to climate change

http://wildlife.org/birds-and-mammals-respond-quicker-to-climate-change/

Abstract: The impact of endothermy on the climatic niche evolution and the distribution of vertebrate diversity

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0451-9
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« Reply #1594 on: February 21, 2018, 01:33:43 PM »
Vulture Populations Decreasing, Which Could Mean More Rotting Roadkill

https://weather.com/science/nature/news/2018-02-20-vulture-population-decreasing-roadkill

Abstract: Effects of vulture exclusion on carrion consumption by facultative scavengers - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.3840/abstract

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« Reply #1595 on: February 26, 2018, 03:12:06 PM »
The terrifying phenomenon that is pushing species towards extinction (not directly about birds)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/25/mass-mortality-events-animal-conservation-climate-change

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« Reply #1596 on: February 26, 2018, 06:19:24 PM »
Are Flamingos Returning to Florida?

https://americanornithologypubsblog.org/2018/02/21/are-flamingos-returning-to-florida/

Abstract: Status and trends of American Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) in Florida, USA

http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1650/CONDOR-17-187.1

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« Reply #1597 on: February 26, 2018, 06:34:05 PM »
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« Reply #1598 on: February 26, 2018, 06:37:00 PM »
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« Reply #1600 on: February 26, 2018, 06:40:48 PM »
Extreme-altitude birds evolved same trait via different mutations

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180220123044.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


A rendering of avian hemoglobin, the blood protein that captures and delivers oxygen throughout the body.
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« Reply #1601 on: February 26, 2018, 08:42:10 PM »
A global view of species diversity in high elevations, via mountain birds

https://news.yale.edu/2018/02/21/global-view-species-diversity-high-elevations-mountain-birds

Abstract: Global elevational diversity and diversification of birds

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25794

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« Reply #1602 on: February 27, 2018, 12:20:01 PM »
A 'one in a million' yellow cardinal is dazzling the Internet with its sunshiny feathers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/02/26/a-one-in-a-million-yellow-cardinal-is-dazzling-the-internet-with-its-sunshiny-feathers/?nid&utm_term=.1369fce1342b

Why Is This Northern Cardinal Yellow?

http://www.audubon.org/news/why-northern-cardinal-yellow

Paper: CAROTENOID PIGMENTS IN A MUTANT CARDINAL: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GENETIC AND ENZYMATIC CONTROL MECHANISMS OF CAROTENOID METABOLISM IN BIRDS

http://www.americanornithologypubs.org/doi/full/10.1650/7281?code=coop-site


The bombshell yellow Northern Cardinal from Alabama (left) compared to a regular old Northern Cardinal (right). Photos: Jeremy Black Photography; Diane Wurzer/Audubon Photography Awards
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