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« Reply #2490 on: August 13, 2019, 03:42:16 PM »
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« Reply #2491 on: August 13, 2019, 04:39:09 PM »
Rescued Osprey Succumbs To Injuries (Read about "Capture Myopathy"!)

https://patch.com/maryland/annapolis/rescued-osprey-succumbs-injuries


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« Reply #2492 on: August 13, 2019, 04:41:28 PM »
Why they're building islands on a lake (I've also read about fabricated 'rafts' being used as floating islands)

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/why-theyre-building-islands-on-a-lake/article29055245.ece

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« Reply #2493 on: August 13, 2019, 04:45:54 PM »
No deformities or reproductive problems in wildlife in Thunder Bay area of concern, new report says

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/tbay-great-lakes-area-of-concern-bird-deformity-report-1.5244604


Thunder Bay, Ont. is one step closer to being de-listed as a Great Lakes Area of Concern after an Environment and Climate Change Canada report showed that there are no physical deformities or reproduction problems in birds and animals in the area. (archive.epa.gov)
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« Reply #2494 on: August 14, 2019, 02:55:50 PM »
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« Reply #2495 on: August 14, 2019, 03:02:27 PM »
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« Reply #2496 on: August 15, 2019, 07:00:36 PM »
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« Reply #2497 on: August 15, 2019, 07:09:19 PM »
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« Reply #2498 on: August 16, 2019, 01:45:15 PM »
 African Vultures Don?t Follow Migratory Herds:Scavenger Habitat Use Is Not Mediated by PreyAbundance

https://www.academia.edu/8011620/African_Vultures_Dont_Follow_Migratory_Herds?email_work_card=view-paper
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« Reply #2499 on: August 16, 2019, 01:45:47 PM »
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« Reply #2500 on: August 17, 2019, 11:46:26 PM »
Paper:  The early bird gets the carcass: Temporal segregation and its effects onforaging success in avian scavengers

https://www.academia.edu/8011614/The_early_bird_gets_the_carcass_Temporal_segregation_and_its_effects_on_foraging_success_in_avian_scavengers?email_work_card=view-paper


Ruppell's (left) and White-backed Vulture (right) withempty crops. Photo credit: Corinne Kenda
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« Reply #2501 on: August 21, 2019, 02:44:56 PM »
Human-sized penguin fossil discovered in New Zealand

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/14/human-sized-penguin-fossil-discovered-in-new-zealand

Monster Penguin Find in Waipara, North Canterbury

https://www.canterburymuseum.com/about-us/media-releases/monster-penguin-find-in-waipara-north-canterbury/

Paper: Leg bones of a new penguin species from the Waipara Greensand add to the diversity of very large-sized Sphenisciformes in the Paleocene of New Zealand

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2019.1641619


 An illustration shows the approximate height of a giant penguin next to a woman. Photograph: Canterbury Museum/AP


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« Reply #2502 on: August 22, 2019, 07:31:39 PM »
A Review on Aerial Display, Nest site selection, Nest Defense, Courtship display, Copulation, Parental care: key events of vultures during Breeding, threats and Management

https://www.academia.edu/37686183/A_Review_on_Aerial_Display_Nest_site_selection_Nest_Defense_Courtship_display_Copulation_Parental_care_key_events_of_vultures_during_Breeding_threats_and_Management?email_work_card=view-paper
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« Reply #2503 on: August 24, 2019, 12:48:38 PM »
Eleven-year-old Kentucky Warbler Likely Oldest Ever Recorded

http://www.birdpop.org/pages/blogPost.php?id=7&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1


This male Kentucky Warbler is at least 11 years old. Photo by Eric Soehren.
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« Reply #2504 on: August 31, 2019, 05:00:10 PM »
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