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Indiana Probably Gave You the Bird
Business  (tags: Indiana, turkey, largest grower )

Kristi
- 2 hours ago - indystar.com
When you sit down to Thanksgiving dinner today, know there's a good chance your turkey was a Hoosier.We hope that doesn't ruin your appetite.Indiana is one of the top turkey producing states in the nation.
Cavemen Roasted Birds, Too
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 2 hours ago - news.discovery.com
Early modern humans and their predecessors in Europe were mostly big game hunters, but a pile of well-nibbled bird bones suggests that at least some prehistoric European cavemen enjoyed small prey too, according to a new study.
Birdsong Helps Scientists to Count Bird Populations
World  (tags: News, Animal, Bird, scientists, Science and Technology, population )

Katie
- 12 hours ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Ecologists have developed a way of monitoring the sizes of bird populations by recording their song.Writing in the Journal of Applied Ecology, the team says the new technique gives a more accurate estimate of numbers.
New Method for Counting Birds and Other Species Revealed
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, birds, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 7 hours ago - wildlifeextra.com
Ecologists have at last worked out a way of using recordings of birdsong to accurately measure the size of bird populations. This is the first time sound recordings from a microphone array have been translated into accurate estimates of bird species'
How Bird Song Can Help Determine Current Bird Populations
Animals  (tags: protection, wildlife, GoodNews, investigation, environment, wildanimals, society, endangered, conservation, habitat, extinction )

Stuart
- 5 hours ago - scienceray.com
Bird song helps scientists understand bird populations more accurately.
Violent World of Raptors Explored
Animals  (tags: World, Raptors, University )

Nancy
- 2 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A journey that started with a box of bird feet carried three Montana State University graduate students into the gruesome world of raptors and led to their findings being published in a prominent journal.
Hundreds of Birds Seem to Mourn Deaths of Fellow Ravens
Offbeat  (tags: ravens, electrocuted, mourning fellow ravens, bonding )

Simone
- 2 days ago - newsminer.com
Ravens have feelings, too, at least judging from an eerie scene Tuesday morning on Minnie Street in east Fairbanks. After two ravens roosting on top of a power transformer were electrocuted, hundreds of ravens showed up within a minute or two and star
Bird of Fragile Beauty May Soon Perch on Heritage List
Science & Tech  (tags: archaeology, history, discovery, interesting )

Marty
- 2 days ago - standard.net.au
FLAGSTAFF Hill's famous Loch Ard Peacock may soon be recognised as a state treasure if its nomination for the Victorian Heritage Register is approved.
Drop in Endangered Bird Numbers Sparks Worries
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, endangered, humans, protection, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cal
- 2 days ago - abc.net.au
Concerns have been raised about a dramatic decrease in endangered bird numbers in Tasmania
New Chameleon Species Discovered in East Africa
Animals  (tags: Chameleon, Species, East Africa )

Nancy
- 3 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Dr Andrew Marshall, from the Environment Department at the University of York, first spotted the animal while surveying monkeys in the Magombera Forest when he disturbed a twig snake eating one.
 
 
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