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« Reply #3030 on: March 27, 2021, 12:52:27 AM »
Hunting the eagle killer: A cyanobacterial neurotoxin causes vacuolar myelinopathy

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6536/eaax9050

A toxin behind mysterious eagle die-offs may have finally been found

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bald-eagle-mysterious-die-offs-chemical-toxin-found

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« Reply #3031 on: April 10, 2021, 05:12:03 PM »
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« Reply #3032 on: April 16, 2021, 02:59:17 PM »
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« Reply #3033 on: May 09, 2021, 06:15:50 PM »
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« Reply #3034 on: May 12, 2021, 05:27:38 PM »
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« Reply #3035 on: May 12, 2021, 05:29:47 PM »
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« Reply #3036 on: May 13, 2021, 05:45:10 PM »
When conservation work pays off: After 20 years, the Saker Falcon breeds again in Bulgaria

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210511123906.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Re-introduction of the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) in Bulgaria - preliminary results from the ongoing establishment phase by 2020

https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/63729/

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« Reply #3037 on: May 27, 2021, 04:56:27 PM »
13th Wind Wildlife Research Meeting Proceedings - Published May 2021 (Note: Especially good info and focus on bald and golden eagles.)

https://awwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WWRM-Proceedings-2020_Final.pdf
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« Reply #3038 on: May 29, 2021, 12:11:52 AM »
Lack of standardization in the use of road counts for surveying raptors

https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/123/1/duaa061/6063625

Beyond refueling: Investigating the diversity of functions of migratory stopover events

https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/123/1/duaa074/6132585

A large-scale experiment demonstrates that line marking reduces power line collision mortality for large terrestrial birds, but not bustards, in the Karoo, South Africa

https://academic.oup.com/condor/article-abstract/123/1/duaa067/6124711?redirectedFrom=fulltext

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« Reply #3039 on: June 02, 2021, 02:46:13 PM »
Falcons have natural 'eye makeup' to improve hunting ability

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210601194155.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Malar stripe size and prominence in peregrine falcons vary positively with solar radiation: support for the solar glare hypothesis

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0116
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« Reply #3040 on: June 03, 2021, 03:36:23 PM »
Juvenile white-tailed sea eagles stay longer in their parental territory than nest protection periods

https://www.izw-berlin.de/en/press-release/juvenile-white-tailed-sea-eagles-stay-longer-in-their-parental-territory-than-nest-protection-periods.html

Movement patterns of the White-tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla): post-fledging behaviour, natal dispersal onset and the role of the natal environment - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ibi.12967

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« Reply #3041 on: June 05, 2021, 03:11:39 PM »
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« Reply #3043 on: June 08, 2021, 03:01:10 PM »
Dinosaurs Evolved Flight at Least Three Times

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dinosaurs-evolved-flight-least-three-times-180977883/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20210607-daily-responsive&spMailingID=45105529&spUserID=MTIwOTQxNDc4OTA2MgS2&spJobID=2021758108&spReportId=MjAyMTc1ODEwOAS2


A Microraptor, a small four-winged dinosaur that could fly, eats a fish. (Emily Willoughby / Stocktrek Images via Getty Images)

Why Birds Survived, and Dinosaurs Went Extinct, After an Asteroid Hit Earth

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-birds-survived-and-dinosaurs-went-extinct-after-asteroid-hit-earth-180975801/


A great spotted woodpecker eats a hazelnut. Bird beaks may have allowed the animals to eat seeds and nuts after an asteroid hit the earth, wiping out many forms of life. (Photo by: Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Aerodynamics Show Membrane-Winged Theropods Were a Poor Gliding Dead-end - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220307665#fig3

Potential for Powered Flight Neared by Most Close Avialan Relatives, but Few Crossed Its Thresholds - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982220309994#!
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