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« Reply #2505 on: August 31, 2019, 05:08:04 PM »
Embryology: A sequence of reflexive contractions triggers the formation of the limbs

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190828140054.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Using artificial intelligence to track birds' dark-of-night migrations

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190828080536.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Crows consciously control their calls

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190827145730.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Saving sage-grouse by relocation

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190826132428.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Urban living leads to high cholesterol...in crows

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190826092338.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Genetic diversity couldn't save Darwin's finches

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190822124840.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Big brains or big guts: Choose one

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190823080016.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

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« Reply #2506 on: August 31, 2019, 06:02:25 PM »
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« Reply #2507 on: August 31, 2019, 06:35:09 PM »
Some Migratory Birds Sleep Better Than Others

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/science/migratory-birds-sleep.html?te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20190827?campaign_id=34&instance_id=11926&segment_id=16510&user_id=5dfcb8a357462614ceb0aa39e8af8e74&regi_id=75212545


A sleeping yellow warbler in Minnesota. Judging by its sleeping posture, the bird is getting enough to eat. Credit Bernard Friel/Danita Delimont, via Alamy
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« Reply #2508 on: August 31, 2019, 06:42:05 PM »
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« Reply #2509 on: September 01, 2019, 04:45:58 PM »
The Cute Bird Playing With a Golf Ball is Actually Trying to Kill It

https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/the-cute-birds-playing-with-golf-balls-are-actually-trying-to-kill-them.html


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« Reply #2510 on: September 01, 2019, 07:00:17 PM »
Birds of a feather flock together, but only in similar climates

https://phys.org/news/2019-08-birds-feather-flock-similar-climates.html

Paper: Regional influences on community structure across the tropical-temperate divide - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10253-6

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Using artificial intelligence to track birds' dark-of-night migrations

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190828080536.htm
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« Reply #2512 on: September 01, 2019, 07:04:08 PM »
Thousands of bird carcasses will stay at Big Lake as officials watch for signs of disease

https://www.dailyinterlake.com/article/20190825/AP/308259867
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« Reply #2513 on: September 01, 2019, 07:11:05 PM »
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Extinct island bird's remains give researchers a nest of discoveries

https://www.alligator.org/news/extinct-bird-bones-extinct-island-bird-s-remains-give-researchers/article_d4f3ddae-c243-11e9-b3f3-ebb7335cf484.html


The crested caracara, which has a wingspan 4 feet wide. It can be found in the Yucatan Peninsula, Florida, Cuba, Texas and parts of the Southwest U.S.
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« Reply #2515 on: September 01, 2019, 07:15:45 PM »
Singing pattern of birds to gauge ecological changes

https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/singing-pattern-of-birds-to-gauge-ecological-changes/articleshow/70728153.cms


The study found that there is a stable acoustic community structure maintained by birds which can serve as indicator for climate change


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« Reply #2516 on: September 04, 2019, 02:44:17 PM »
This astronaut raised geese to study their hearts. The birds stole hers.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/09/04/this-astronaut-raised-geese-study-their-hearts-birds-stole-hers/?wpisrc=nl_science&wpmm=1

Paper: Reduced metabolism supports hypoxic flight in the high-flying bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)

https://elifesciences.org/articles/44986


A bar-headed goose learns to fly by following scientist Jessica Meir as she rides a motor scooter. (Milsom Lab/UBC)


The gaggle of goslings imprinted on NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. (Milsom Lab/UBC)
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Mystery solved: How NZ lost two of its most enigmatic birds

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12264698

Paper: Complete genomes of two extinct New Zealand passerines show responses to climate fluctuations but no evidence for genomic erosion prior to extinction

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0491


Scientists are reasonably sure what tipped the huia (pictured) South Island kōkako into oblivion. Image / Paul Martinson / Te Papa
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« Reply #2518 on: September 04, 2019, 04:06:24 PM »
Global heating: geese shift migration stop-off northwards

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/02/global-heating-geese-shift-migration-stop-off-northwards

Paper: Northward range expansion in spring‐staging barnacle geese is a response to climate change and population growth, mediated by individual experience

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.14793


The spring migration routes of the Svalbard‐breeding population of barnacle geese. The inset shows the main staging areas of geese in Helgeland (red shading) and Vester?len (blue shading). Triangles indicate the location of weather stations from which data on temperature and cloud cover were derived
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« Reply #2519 on: September 04, 2019, 04:16:10 PM »
Climate change has created more bird winners than losers in England

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2214952-climate-change-has-created-more-bird-winners-than-losers-in-england/

Climate change 'has affected a third of UK bird species'

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-49512732

Paper: One-third of English breeding bird species show evidence of population responses to climatic variables over 50 years

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00063657.2019.1630360




English wrens seem to be benefiting from climate change
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The reintroduction of the red kite has been a "conservation success story"
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