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« Reply #1905 on: September 10, 2018, 04:58:55 PM »
Press Release: Astonishing research shows more than half of the world's species of birds of prey have declining global populations

http://www.peregrinefund.org/news-release/345

Paper: State of the world's raptors: Distributions, threats, and conservation recommendations

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320718305871?dgcid=rss_sd_all


Percentages of extant raptor species within IUCN Red List Categories (Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN), Vulnerable (VU), Near Threatened (NT), Least Concern (LC), and Data Deficient (DD)), and direction of population trends for each group.
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« Reply #1906 on: September 11, 2018, 04:34:35 PM »
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« Reply #1907 on: September 12, 2018, 04:36:28 PM »
Light beams from 9/11 memorial pull in huge flocks of migrating birds

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/tribute-in-light-911-bird-migration-1.4817321

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« Reply #1908 on: September 12, 2018, 04:49:21 PM »
Article: Spring is advancing unevenly across North America

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-advancing-unevenly-north-america.html

Paper: Differential changes in the onset of spring across US National Wildlife Refuges and North American migratory bird flyways

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202495


US National Wildlife Refuges with extremely early recent spring onset relative to the historical range of variability.
Shown is the combination of selected data from Fig 3A and 3B; extremely early recent spring onset is defined as earlier than 95% of historical (1901?2012) First Leaf Index (FLI) or First Bloom Index (FBI) values.


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« Reply #1909 on: September 13, 2018, 07:29:08 PM »
Article: Mini video cameras offer peek at hard-to-observe bird behavior

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180912091036.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Paper: Diel fledging patterns among grassland passerines: Relative impacts of energetics and predation risk

http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1642/AUK-17-213.1


This still image, taken from a video clip captured remotely with a miniature camera, captures the moment when a Grasshopper Sparrow chick leaves its nest.
Credit: C. Ribic, USGS
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« Reply #1910 on: September 13, 2018, 07:32:29 PM »
Ancient bird bones redate human activity in Madagascar by 6,000 years

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180912144434.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Why Did The Elephant Bird Disappear? Early Humans May Not Be To Blame

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2018/09/13/why-did-the-elephant-bird-disappear-early-humans-may-not-to-blame/#4e32e58b3ad4

Paper: Early Holocene human presence in Madagascar evidenced by exploitation of avian megafauna

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/9/eaat6925


Disarticulation marks on the base of the tarsometatarsus. These cut marks were made when removing the toes from the foot.
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Elephant bird eggs. D.Bressan
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« Reply #1911 on: September 13, 2018, 07:42:24 PM »
Scientists Study Barn Owls To Understand Why People With ADHD Struggle To Focus

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/11/644992109/can-a-barn-owl-s-brain-explain-why-kids-with-adhd-can-t-stay-focused


Scientists at Johns Hopkins University are studying barn owls to understand how the brain maintains focus.
Meredith Rizzo/NPR
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« Reply #1912 on: September 13, 2018, 08:14:58 PM »
What Whooping Crane Reintroductions Tell Us About Animal Culture

https://therevelator.org/whooping-crane-animal-culture/


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« Reply #1913 on: September 14, 2018, 12:24:07 PM »
Weather forecasting sheds light on where and when birds will fly

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180913142002.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


Weather surveillance radars not only measure precipitation (yellows and reds) but also a tremendous volume of migratory birds taking to flight at sunset (circular signatures of blues and greens).
Credit: Kyle G. Horton
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« Reply #1914 on: September 14, 2018, 08:56:29 PM »
Scottish hen harrier behaviour first caught on camera

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-45507972


In one night, a fox and a short-eared owl were witnessed preying on one nest before five chicks were eventually killed by a long-eared owl.
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« Reply #1915 on: September 14, 2018, 09:00:15 PM »
For the Birds: Conference Examined Decline of Aerial Insectivores

https://doorcountypulse.com/for-the-birds-conference-examined-decline-of-aerial-insectivores/


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« Reply #1916 on: September 17, 2018, 07:35:03 PM »
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« Reply #1917 on: September 17, 2018, 07:47:06 PM »
Article: West Nile Virus: How Climate Change May Be Contributing To Its Spread

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2018/09/16/west-nile-virus-how-climate-change-may-be-contributing-to-its-spread/#7909400b3784

Paper: Climate Change Influences on the Global Potential Distribution of the Mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus, Vector of West Nile Virus and Lymphatic Filariasis

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0163863


Summary of 701 Culex quinquefasciatus occurrences available for model calibration.


West Nile virus is a flavivirus commonly found in Africa, West Asia, and the Middle East. The virus can infect humans, birds, mosquitoes, horses and some other mammals. (Photo: Getty Images)
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« Reply #1918 on: September 18, 2018, 07:24:25 PM »
Compensatory Mitigation for Golden Eagles: Reducing Vehicle Collisions (Excellent idea, except they're recommending it in lieu of retrofitting power lines!)

https://awwi.org/resources/vehicle-collision-mitigation-model/




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« Reply #1919 on: September 18, 2018, 07:35:05 PM »
Abstract: Eagle Take Minimization System

https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1460284-eagle-take-minimization-system

Final Technical Report: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1460284

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