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« Reply #9705 on: November 22, 2019, 01:36:13 PM »
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« Reply #9706 on: November 23, 2019, 12:13:10 PM »
Animal adolescence is filled with teen drama and peer pressure

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/11/21/animals-have-teenage-drama-too/?utm_campaign=animalia&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Newsletter&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1


Animals - even king penguins - have rocky adolescent periods, just like humans. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

Book: Wildhood - The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Wildhood/Barbara-Natterson-Horowitz/9781501164699

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« Reply #9707 on: November 26, 2019, 04:13:32 PM »
Grad Student Noah Strycker Takes on Cat-Bird Relations in National Geographic Article

https://news.stonybrook.edu/student-spotlight/grad-student-noah-strycker-takes-on-cat-bird-relations-in-national-geographic-article/



Article: To save birds, should we kill off cats?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/09/essay-to-save-birds-should-we-kill-off-cats/



Book: The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human

https://www.amazon.com/Thing-Feathers-Surprising-Lives-Reveal-ebook/dp/B00DMCVZHK

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« Reply #9708 on: November 26, 2019, 04:16:55 PM »
Photographer Tim Flach Highlights Unusual and Endangered Birds in Striking Portraits

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/11/tim-flach-birds/


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« Reply #9709 on: November 26, 2019, 06:53:43 PM »
Bird molt can be dramatic or subtle

http://www.startribune.com/bird-molt-can-be-dramatic-or-subtle/565451292/


This bald eagle is less than a year old, and several years from acquiring the distinguishing white plumage its parents show.
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Ruffed grouse survive winter by dive-bombing into the snow

https://www.dl-online.com/sports/outdoors/4781906-Ruffed-grouse-survive-winter-by-dive-bombing-into-the-snow


This ruffed grouse was spotted at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota. (Photo by Darrin Franco/USFWS)
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« Reply #9712 on: November 26, 2019, 06:57:34 PM »
Midway Atoll Covered with Plastic, Dead Birds

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/midway-atoll-covered-with-plastic-dead-birds/5165009.html


In this Oct. 22, 2019, photo, dead seabirds lie on a pier with plastic debris on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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Peregrine falcon hatched on St Mary Magdalene Church, Taunton, found dead in Morocco

https://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/18058887.peregrine-falcon-hatched-st-mary-magdalene-church-taunton-found-dead-morocco/


FALCON: One of the adult peregrines at St Mary's
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Eagle Scout project: Salinas teen hopes owls flock to prey on Chinatown rodents

https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2019/11/22/salinas-california-chinatown-eagle-scouts-project/4260392002/

PHOTOS: Chinatown Owl Box Project

https://www.thecalifornian.com/picture-gallery/news/2019/11/22/salinas-teen-hopes-owls-flock-prey-chinatown-rodents/4275323002/


Dino Lazzerini is getting ready to install the second owl box in the eucalyptus tree near the outdoor dinning area in Dorothy's Kitchen on Nov. 21, 2019.
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