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« Reply #2055 on: December 13, 2018, 05:35:07 PM »
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« Reply #2056 on: December 13, 2018, 05:36:27 PM »
Tiny tech tracks hummingbirds at urban feeders

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181212200749.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


Finding a tracking device for a creature as small as a hummingbird can be challenging. PIT tags, inserted under their skin, are providing valuable insight into their movements and behaviors.
Credit: Don Preisler/UC Davis
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« Reply #2057 on: December 13, 2018, 05:40:58 PM »
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« Reply #2058 on: December 13, 2018, 05:51:36 PM »
Study: Fisheries Compete with Shrinking Seabird Population for Food

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/study-fisheries-compete-with-shrinking-seabird-population-for-food

Persisting Worldwide Seabird-Fishery Competition Despite Seabird Community Decline: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(18)31418-0.pdf

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« Reply #2059 on: December 13, 2018, 05:53:41 PM »
Moun?tain birds de?clin?ing in Europe

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uoh-mbd121318.php


Snow bunting is the mountain-specialist which population has been declined
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One Cat's Obsession With Hunting Birds Leads to Invention That Has Saved Hundreds of Thousands

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/one-cats-obsession-with-hunting-birds-leads-to-invention-that-has-saved-hundreds-of-thousands/

Study: Birds be safe: Can a novel cat collar reduce avian mortality by domestic cats (Felis catus)?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989415000050

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« Reply #2061 on: December 14, 2018, 01:19:21 PM »
Scouting the eagles: Proof that protecting nests aids reproduction

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-scouting-eagles-proof-aids-reproduction.html


Bald eagles tend to nest along the many lakeshores in Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota. Credit: Jennyffer Cruz

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« Reply #2062 on: December 14, 2018, 01:21:29 PM »
Humans behind majority of raptor deaths in Ontario, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-humans-majority-raptor-deaths-ontario.html

Abstract - A RETROSPECTIVE SUMMARY OF RAPTOR MORTALITY IN ONTARIO, CANADA (1991?2014), INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF WEST NILE VIRUS: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.7589/2017-07-157
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Abstract: Limited consequences of infestation with a blood‐feeding ectoparasite for the nestlings of two North Pacific seabirds

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jav.01927?af=R
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Abstract: Faster migration in autumn than in spring: seasonal migration patterns and non‐breeding distribution of Icelandic Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus islandicus

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jav.01938?af=R
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Abstract: Female variation in allocation of steroid hormones, antioxidants and fatty acids: a multilevel analysis in a wild passerine bird

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jav.01859?af=R
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Abstract: The evolution of iris colour in relation to nocturnality in owls

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jav.01908?af=R
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Abstract: Wettability of juvenile plumage as a major cause of mortality threatens endangered Barau's Petrel

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jav.02016?af=R
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« Reply #2068 on: December 16, 2018, 05:12:07 PM »
Monumental Disaster at the Department of the Interior

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/monumental-disaster-at-the-department-of-the-interior/

Article: Science Under Siege at the Department of the Interior (2018)

https://www.ucsusa.org/our-work/center-science-and-democracy/science-under-siege-department-interior-2018#.XBbXqS17nIU

Report: Science under Siege at the Department of the Interior

https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2018/12/science-under-siege-at-department-of-interior-full-report.pdf

Executive Summary: Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), Volume I

https://www.globalchange.gov/browse/reports/executive-summary-climate-science-special-report-fourth-national-climate-assessment

Overview: Fourth National Climate Assessment Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States

https://www.globalchange.gov/browse/reports/overview-fourth-national-climate-assessment-volume-ii-impacts-risks-and-adaptation

Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol I + II (with download links to the full reports)

https://www.globalchange.gov/nca4

Scientific Investigations Report 2018?5131
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey

https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2018/5131/sir20185131.pdf
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Scientists Discover Hidden 'Supercolony' of 1.5 Million Penguins After Tracking Poop From Space

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzvyxa/scientists-discover-hidden-supercolony-of-15-million-penguins-after-tracking-poop-from-space

Paper: Multi-modal survey of Adelie penguin mega-colonies reveals the Danger Islands as a seabird hotspot

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22313-w#Fig3


UAV orthomosaic image of Brash Island (above), with examples of zoomed-in penguin rookeries (below), displayed using ESRI ArcMap 10.0 (http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/).


Penguin eyeing drone during Danger Islands Expedition. Image: Rachael Herman, Louisiana State University,  Stony Brook University
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