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« Reply #2850 on: August 20, 2020, 05:49:25 PM »
Could Owl and Crocodilian Tears Lead to a Cure for Your Dry Eyes?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/science/animal-tears.html?campaign_id=34&emc=edit_sc_20200818&instance_id=21376&nl=science-times&regi_id=75212545&segment_id=36398&te=1&user_id=5dfcb8a357462614ceb0aa39e8af8e74

The proteomics of roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris), broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) and loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) tears

https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-020-02495-0

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« Reply #2851 on: August 21, 2020, 05:10:28 PM »
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« Reply #2855 on: August 22, 2020, 06:22:03 PM »
Using a structured decision analysis to evaluate bald eagle vital signs monitoring in Southwest Alaska National Parks

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.6499
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« Reply #2856 on: August 22, 2020, 06:24:32 PM »
Paint it black: Efficacy of increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce avian fatalities

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.6592



Painting one wind turbine blade black ?could reduce bird mortality by 70%?

https://www.energylivenews.com/2020/08/21/painting-one-wind-turbine-blade-black-could-reduce-bird-mortality-by-70/

This simple fix will make wind turbines more bird-friendly

https://electrek.co/2020/08/21/wind-turbines-bird-friendly-black-blade/

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« Reply #2857 on: August 22, 2020, 06:32:57 PM »
New theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia sheds light on the paravian radiation in Gondwana

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-020-01682-1?fbclid=IwAR0aJN4PW5Q-_Z6LYczosy-7m_AkwodaW9_zYnxt5MnS6uRbxPQbEK6aFME

Like birds! New species of raptor dinosaur with feathers and claws discovered

https://www.explica.co/like-birds-new-species-of-raptor-dinosaur-with-feathers-and-claws-discovered/

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« Reply #2858 on: August 22, 2020, 07:11:08 PM »
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« Reply #2859 on: August 23, 2020, 01:59:25 PM »
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« Reply #2860 on: August 23, 2020, 02:09:28 PM »
Great story!! Don't miss the video!

'Mama' drone saves life of endangered Israeli vulture chick

https://www.israel21c.org/mama-drone-saves-life-of-endangered-israeli-vulture-chick/


Xtend's drone drops food to an orphaned vulture chick in Israel. Photo courtesy of Israel Raptor Nest Cam

Home Page / Online Cameras / Griffon Vulture - https://www.birds.org.il/en/camera/26
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« Reply #2861 on: August 23, 2020, 02:33:38 PM »
Watch hummingbirds ?dance? through waterfalls

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/watch-hummingbirds-dance-through-waterfalls

Scientists devised a cheap, ingenious trick to save this bird from a blood-sucking maggot ? and it works brilliantly

https://science.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/scientists-devised-cheap-ingenious-trick-save-bird-blood-sucking-maggot-%E2%80%93-and-it

Most orange-bellied parrots don't survive their first migration ? and Tasmanian researchers want to know why

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-17/orange-bellied-parrot-survival-falls-in-mystery-migration-deaths/12565744

Sparrows are Experiencing Increased Stress Due to Climate Change

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/sparrows-are-experiencing-increased-stress-due-to-climate-change/

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« Reply #2862 on: August 23, 2020, 02:43:28 PM »
Oystercatchers sleep with one eye open while roosting on the ground so they can keep a look out for dogs and humans, study says

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8470365/Oystercatchers-sleep-one-eye-open-look-dogs-humans-study-says.html

Sleeping Eurasian oystercatchers adjust their vigilance in response to the behaviour of neighbours, human disturbance and environmental conditions

https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzo.12812
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« Reply #2863 on: August 23, 2020, 06:04:16 PM »
This Giant Prehistoric Owl Was an Actual Cannibal

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-owl-was-giant-and-cannibal-180975468/

Skeleton of a new owl from the early Eocene of North America (Aves, Strigiformes) with an accipitrid-like foot morphology

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2020.1769116

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« Reply #2864 on: August 23, 2020, 06:31:46 PM »
These Birds Protect Black Rhinos From Poachers (but Also Drink Their Blood)

https://www.audubon.org/news/these-birds-protect-black-rhinos-poachers-also-drink-their-blood

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