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« Reply #1800 on: July 17, 2018, 04:38:57 PM »
Cool birds don't sing: Study automates acoustic monitoring of songbird migration

https://news.mongabay.com/wildtech/2018/06/cool-birds-dont-sing-study-automates-acoustic-monitoring-of-songbird-migration/


Gambel's white-crowned sparrows, like this one, prefer woody shrubs. As the Arctic continues to warm, shrubs on Alaska's North Slope are expected to overtake open grasslands. That could create conditions for sparrows to outcompete longspurs and other migratory birds. Image by John Wingfield


Algorithms Aid Tracking of Migrating Songbirds in Arctic

https://www.voanews.com/a/algorithms-aid-tracking-of-migrating-songbirds-in-arctic/4450977.html


This June 18, 2016, photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a Yellow Warbler in Nome, Alaska.


Artificial Intelligence Used to Track World's Wildlife

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/ai-machine-learning-to-track-arctic-birds-and-wildlife/4455290.html


This June 30, 2016 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a Bristle-thighed Curlew in Nome, Alaska. (Rachel M. Richardson/U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
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« Reply #1802 on: July 17, 2018, 05:05:26 PM »
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Eradicate rats to bolster coral reefs

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180711131201.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

More:  Bird poop helps keep coral reefs healthy, but rats are messing that up

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bird-poop-helps-keep-coral-reefs-healthy-rats-are-messing


WILD WASTE  Nitrogen from the guano of seabirds, such as this red-footed booby chick, leaches into coral ecosystems and helps them stay robust.
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« Reply #1803 on: July 17, 2018, 05:09:54 PM »
How will climate change affect bird migration? Our scientists explain

https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/how-will-climate-change-affect-bird-migration-our-scientists-explain


By 2070, the European Bee Eater's journey is predicted to increase by 1000 km  Pierre Dalous
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« Reply #1804 on: July 17, 2018, 05:11:36 PM »
Hawaiian Forest Birds are in Trouble

https://www.islandconservation.org/hawaiian-forest-birds-trouble/


The Vulnerable I'iwi has been disappearing from its former range as disease and climate change decimate populations. Credit: Robin Agarwal
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« Reply #1805 on: July 19, 2018, 02:29:33 PM »
Variations of a single gene drive diverse pigeon feather patterns

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717094723.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


Senior author Mike Shapiro (left), holds a pigeon with the ancestral "bar" pattern on its wing feathers, named for the two horizontal stripes on the wing tips. Lead author Anna Vickrey (right) holds a bird with the checker pattern.
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« Reply #1807 on: July 21, 2018, 12:40:22 PM »
In a warming climate, Arctic geese are rushing north

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180719142115.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


This picture shows barnacle geese. After nearly non-stop migration, in an attempt to cope with a rapidly warming Arctic, the geese need time on the breeding grounds to build up body stores before they can start laying eggs.
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Is malaria sucking up oxygen in the Himalayan birds?

https://researchmatters.in/news/malaria-sucking-oxygen-himalayan-birds

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Long-term study reveals one invasive insect can change a forest bird community

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/aosp-lsr051618.php


This is an Acadian Flycatcher in a hemlock forest.
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« Reply #1811 on: July 21, 2018, 08:25:31 PM »
When the dinosaurs died, so did forests--and tree-dwelling birds

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-dinosaurs-died-forestsand-tree-dwelling-birds.html

Only a Handful of Birds Survived the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid--Now Scientists Have Worked Out Why

https://www.newsweek.com/only-handful-birds-survived-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-now-scientists-have-944381


The asteroid impact that eliminated non-avian dinosaurs destroyed global forests. Here, a hyopothetical surviving bird lineage -- small-bodied and specialized for a ground-dwelling lifestyle--flees a burning forest in the aftermath of the asteroid strike. Credit: Philipp M. Krzeminski

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Around the World, Farmland Birds Are in Steep Decline

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/farmland-birds-declines-agriculture-environnment-science/


Populations of birds that live in or near farms, such as the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa), have plummeted around the world. In France's Deux-S?vres region, red-legged partridge counts have fallen 86 percent since 2009.
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Scientists stunned by decline of birds during epic Southern African roadtrip

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/uoct-ssb060618.php


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A warmer Midwest could lead to a common bird being less common over the next century

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-warmer-midwest-common-bird-century.html


Acadian Flycatcher is a common bird in the Central Hardwood Region of the Midwest, but effects of climate change, including decreased breeding productivity and increased nest predation, may put the bird on the edge of extinction by the year 2100. Credit: Andrew Cox, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

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