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« Reply #2820 on: July 06, 2020, 02:24:42 PM »
Philippine Eagles thrive in ZamPen forests

https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2020/07/philippine-eagles-thrive-in-zampen-forests/

Foundation plans expedition to check on eagle pairs in Zambo

https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2020/06/foundation-plans-expedition-to-check-on-eagle-pairs-in-zambo/

Research confirms presence of PHL eagle in Zamboanga City

https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/06/14/research-confirms-presence-of-phl-eagle-in-zamboanga-city/

Zambo research team gives hope to PH Eagle

https://www.manilastandard.net/lgu/mindanao/325748/zambo-research-team-gives-hope-to-ph-eagle.html

Family of Philippine eagles found in Zamboanga Peninsula

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/320095/family-of-philippine-eagles-found-in-zamboanga-peninsula


OBSERVATION DECK The expedition team uses a tree platform to observe the eagles? behavior.


SIGNS OF LIFE. The Pasonanca expedition team spotted the eagle parents numerous times soaring together and displaying their talons. Meanwhile, from their tree platforms, expedition members scanned the forest canopy for signs of Philippine eagle activity (inset). Philippine Eagle Foundation and USAID




Philippine Eagle rescued in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte. Photo courtesy of DENR Zamboanga Peninsula


A pair of Philippine Eagles hovers above Pasonanca Natural Park in Zamboanga City. Photo courtesy of Jayson Ibanez of the Philippine Eagle Foundation
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« Reply #2821 on: July 06, 2020, 04:24:39 PM »
Diclofenac Residues as the Cause of Vulture Population Decline in Pakistan

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14745453/

Study explores establishing a new bearded vulture population in SA

https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2020-06-04-study-explores-establishing-a-new-bearded-vulture-population-in-sa

Watch: Robot Spy Turtle Lays ?Camera Eggs? for Vultures to Steal

https://petapixel.com/2020/06/30/watch-robot-spy-turtle-lays-camera-eggs-for-vultures-to-steal/
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« Reply #2826 on: July 06, 2020, 04:40:47 PM »
Do supplemental perches influence electrocution risk for diurnal raptors?

https://avianres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40657-020-00206-9

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Comparing community birdwatching and professional bird monitoring with implications for avian diversity research: a case study of Suzhou, China

https://avianres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40657-020-00205-w

Subtle sexual plumage color dimorphism and size dimorphism in a South American colonial breeder, the Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

https://avianres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40657-020-00204-x

More endemic birds occur in regions with stable climate, more plant species and high altitudinal range in China

https://avianres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40657-020-00203-y

Egg investment strategies adopted by a desertic passerine, the Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri)

https://avianres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40657-020-00201-0
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« Reply #2828 on: July 06, 2020, 04:52:44 PM »
Blue light attracts nocturnally migrating birds

https://bioone.org/journals/The-Condor/volume-122/issue-2/duaa002/Blue-light-attracts-nocturnally-migrating-birds/10.1093/condor/duaa002.short

Human-dominated land cover corresponds to spatial variation in Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) reproductive output across the United States

https://bioone.org/journals/The-Condor/volume-122/issue-2/duaa003/Human-dominated-land-cover-corresponds-to-spatial-variation-in-Mourning/10.1093/condor/duaa003.short

Defining catchment origins of a geographical bottleneck: Implications of population mixing and phenological overlap for the conservation of Neotropical migratory birds

https://bioone.org/journals/The-Condor/volume-122/issue-2/duaa004/Defining-catchment-origins-of-a-geographical-bottleneck--Implications-of/10.1093/condor/duaa004.short

Lessons learned from comparing spatially explicit models and the Partners in Flight approach to estimate population sizes of boreal birds in Alberta, Canada

https://bioone.org/journals/The-Condor/volume-122/issue-2/duaa007/Lessons-learned-from-comparing-spatially-explicit-models-and-the-Partners/10.1093/condor/duaa007.short
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« Reply #2829 on: July 06, 2020, 04:55:13 PM »
Low first-year apparent survival of passerines in abandoned fields in northwestern Russia

https://bioone.org/journals/The-Condor/volume-122/issue-2/duaa008/Low-first-year-apparent-survival-of-passerines-in-abandoned-fields/10.1093/condor/duaa008.short

Birds suppress pests in corn but release them in soybean crops within a mixed prairie/agriculture system

https://bioone.org/journals/The-Condor/volume-122/issue-2/duaa009/Birds-suppress-pests-in-corn-but-release-them-in-soybean/10.1093/condor/duaa009.short

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) fledglings use crop habitat more frequently in relation to its availability than pasture and other habitat types

https://bioone.org/journals/The-Condor/volume-122/issue-2/duz067/Barn-Swallow-Hirundo-rustica-fledglings-use-crop-habitat-more-frequently/10.1093/condor/duz067.short

Feather mercury increases with feeding at higher trophic levels in two species of migrant raptors, Merlin (Falco columbarius) and Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)

https://bioone.org/journals/The-Condor/volume-122/issue-2/duz069/Feather-mercury-increases-with-feeding-at-higher-trophic-levels-in/10.1093/condor/duz069.short
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« Reply #2830 on: July 06, 2020, 05:17:10 PM »
(Some really interesting stuff in this batch!)

A red knot as a black swan: how a single bird shows navigational abilities during repeat crossings of the Greenland Icecap

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jav.02464?af=R

The importance chemical, visual and behavioral cues of predators on the antipredatory behavior of birds

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jav.02431?af=R

Experience counts: The role of female age in morning incubation and brooding behavior in relation to temperature

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jav.02397?af=R

Smaller distance between nest contents and cavity entrance increases risk of ectoparasitism in cavity‐nesting birds

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jav.02427?af=R

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Life Hatched From Soft Eggs, Some a Foot Long, in Dinosaur Era

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/science/dinosaurs-soft-eggs.html?campaign_id=34&emc=edit_sc_20200623&instance_id=19632&nl=science-times&regi_id=75212545&segment_id=31626&te=1&user_id=5dfcb8a357462614ceb0aa39e8af8e74


A fossil from the Gobi Desert of Mongolia contained the remains of six protoceratops embryos in a curled position, as though still contained in eggs, but no fossilized egg shells. Credit - M. Ellison/American Museum of Natural History
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Agile, sickle-clawed new species of velociraptor-like dinosaur unearthed in Patagonia

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/new-species-paravian-theropod-dinosaur-in-argentina

New Bird-Like Dinosaur Discovered: Overoraptor chimentoi

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/overoraptor-chimentoi-08517.html

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UCF study finds microplastics in Florida's birds of prey for 1st time

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/uocf-usf052020.php


Ospreys, like the one pictured here, are among the types of birds of prey in Florida that have been found to be accumulating microplastics in their stomachs, according to a new study from the University of Central Florida. Photo credit: Linda Walters, UCF Dept. of Biology
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