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« Reply #1620 on: March 10, 2018, 12:32:28 PM »
'Vulture safe zones' aim to rescue a vital but unloved scavenger

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/vulture-safe-zones-aim-rescue-vital-unloved-scavenger?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2018-03-09&et_rid=213094054&et_cid=1898284


At a feeding station in Cambodia, a slender-billed vulture eyes a carcass that is free of harmful contaminants, while a wake of white-rumped vultures waits to feed.
A. B. M. Sarowar Alam/Vulture Conservation Initiatives
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« Reply #1621 on: March 10, 2018, 07:01:52 PM »
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« Reply #1622 on: March 10, 2018, 07:03:42 PM »
Impact of fishing fleets on the most threatened marine birds

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180305093729.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


The routes, distribution and behaviour of the marine birds can be studied in detail thanks to global positioning systems (GPS).
Credit: Image courtesy of Universidad de Barcelona
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« Reply #1623 on: March 10, 2018, 07:05:10 PM »
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« Reply #1624 on: March 10, 2018, 07:05:56 PM »
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« Reply #1625 on: March 10, 2018, 07:07:22 PM »
When it comes to fuel efficiency, size matters for hummingbirds

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180307121830.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


New U of T Scarborough research finds that larger hummingbirds are more efficient than smaller species in powering their hovering flight.
Credit: University of Toronto Scarborough
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« Reply #1626 on: March 13, 2018, 11:33:03 PM »
Archaeopteryx flew like a pheasant, say scientists

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43386262

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« Reply #1627 on: March 18, 2018, 08:39:42 PM »
Blood, sweat and tears in raptor research

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-blood-raptor.html

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« Reply #1631 on: March 18, 2018, 09:33:06 PM »
Even Vultures Are Going Extinct Now

https://www.inverse.com/article/42314-is-lead-toxic-to-birds-vultures-extinction

Abstract: Association between hunting and elevated blood lead levels in the critically endangered African white-backed vulture Gyps africanus

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718306193



Abstract from 2006 mentioned in above article: Bullet Fragments in Deer Remains: Implications for Lead Exposure in Avian Scavengers

http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34%5B167:BFIDRI%5D2.0.CO;2


Researchers sampled vultures and found that they had elevated levels of lead in their blood during hunting season.
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« Reply #1632 on: March 19, 2018, 06:06:01 PM »
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« Reply #1633 on: March 20, 2018, 06:18:32 PM »
Bird populations in French countryside 'collapsing'

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-bird-populations-french-countryside-collapsing.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Quote: "The culprit, researchers speculate, is the intensive use of pesticides on vast tracts of monoculture crops, especially wheat and corn. The problem is not that birds are being poisoned, but that the insects on which they depend for food have disappeared."

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A starling finds grains in a garden-but many once common birds are an ever rarer sight, with a study showing some species' numbers have slumped in Europe amid crumbling insect numbers as researchers point to intensive use of pesticides

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« Reply #1634 on: March 24, 2018, 11:44:35 AM »
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