December 2010

Study shows alarming drop in Kenyan vultures BirLife International (on a Biological Conservation paper) Five New eBird Animated Occurrence Maps eBird Birds and killer windows: Interview with Dr. Dan Klem UrbanBirdscapes (blog) Blue tits with territories near streetlights mate better. The Washington Post Mirrorlike Feathers Give Bird of Paradise Its Shine LiveScience On the discovery rate of new bird species (an interesting blog post) Biological Ramblings NextEra Energy Res. plans to replace 2,400 turbines and shut down some others at the infamous Altamont Pass wind farm. Los Angeles Times Giant Storks May Have Fed On Real Hobbits LiveScience Humans Helped Egyptian Vultures Colonize the Canary Islands ScienceDaily (on a BMC Evol. Biol. paper) Soaring Is Better Than Flapping for Birds Big and Small AVoCet: a global database of well-documented, downloadable bird sounds AVoCet Electrocution of Birds and Collision With Power Lines: Solutions to a Global Problem ScienceDaily How birds see magnetic fields – an interview with Thorsten Ritz DISCOVER Common cuckoos have evolved host specialisation but not local adaptation BBC Earth News (J Evol Biol paper)