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« Reply #2880 on: August 27, 2020, 08:16:40 PM »
Scientists have just discovered 11 new emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/08/satellite-imagery-penguin-colonies-antarctica-climate-change

Satellites find penguins by following the poo

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02346-w

Bird faeces worth HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars a year

https://en.brinkwire.com/us/bird-faeces-worth-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-a-year/

Seabird Poop Is Worth More Than $1 Billion Annually

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/seabird-poop-worth-more-1-billion-annually-180975504/
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« Reply #2881 on: August 27, 2020, 08:18:00 PM »
Sparrows in snowstorms may be canaries in climate-change coalmine: Local study

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/sparrows-in-snowstorms-may-be-canaries-in-climate-change-coalmine-local-study

Sparrows' storm stress a harbinger of climate-change impact

https://phys.org/news/2020-08-sparrows-storm-stress-harbinger-climate-change.html
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« Reply #2882 on: August 27, 2020, 08:18:47 PM »
Birds Are Getting Caged In at Brazil?s Savanna

https://eos.org/articles/birds-are-getting-caged-in-at-brazils-savanna

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« Reply #2883 on: August 27, 2020, 08:20:13 PM »
Mysterious Deaths of Birds at Solar Farms Startle Researchers; AI-Powered Birdwatcher May Have Answer

https://www.ibtimes.sg/mysterious-death-birds-solar-farms-startle-researchers-ai-powered-birdwatcher-may-have-answer-49882

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« Reply #2884 on: August 27, 2020, 08:36:00 PM »
Bird nests attract flying insects and parasites due to higher levels of carbon dioxide

https://phys.org/news/2020-08-bird-insects-parasites-due-higher.html

Paper: Nest Gasses as a Potential Attraction Cue for Biting Flying Insects and Other Ectoparasites of Cavity Nesting Birds

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.00258/full

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« Reply #2885 on: August 27, 2020, 08:40:12 PM »
Oriole bird hybridization is a dead end

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200803120201.htm

New studies show how to save parasites and why it's important

https://phys.org/news/2020-08-parasites-important.html

Scientists have created a facial recognition software for birds

https://nypost.com/2020/07/27/facial-recognition-style-artificial-intelligence-has-been-created-for-birds/

Researchers build first AI tool capable of identifying individual birds

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-ai-tool-capable-individual-birds.html

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« Reply #2886 on: August 27, 2020, 08:41:38 PM »
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« Reply #2888 on: August 28, 2020, 09:11:15 PM »
Climate change creates camouflage confusion in winter-adapted wildlife

https://www.ehn.org/impact-of-climate-change-on-wildlife-2646126504.html


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« Reply #2889 on: August 28, 2020, 09:15:25 PM »
Hummingbirds Live in a More Colorful World, Study Confirms

https://www.ecowatch.com/hummingbirds-color-perception-2646191874.html

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Mongolian Cuckoos Migrate 7,500 Miles To Southern Africa ? One Of The Longest Land Bird Migrations

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/06/16/cuckoo-bird-longest-migration

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Study reveals scale of habitat loss for endangered birds

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-reveals-scale-habitat-loss-endangered.html

Our helicopter rescue may seem a lot of effort for a plain little bird, but it was worth it

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-helicopter-lot-effort-plain-bird.html

New study quantifies impact of hunting on migratory shorebird populations

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/new-study-quantifies-impact-of-hunting-on-migratory-shorebird-populations/

Global warming shrinks bird breeding windows, potentially threatening species

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/global-warming-shrinks-bird-breeding-windows-potentially-threatening-species#
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« Reply #2893 on: August 31, 2020, 02:27:33 PM »
'We need to tell their stories': Marin bird researchers scramble to save 54 years of data from Woodward Fire's path

https://abc7news.com/woodward-fire-point-reyes-national-seashore-ca-map-containment/6395321/

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