BREAKING: AOS will change all English bird names currently named after people within its geographic jurisdiction—one step in an effort to address past wrongs and engage more people in the enjoyment, protection and study of birds.
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Meet Clive, an adult Bar-tailed Godwit whose winter travel plans were disrupted by unseasonable storms. Clive was destined for West Africa, but stunned conservationists by flying 2000 miles over 4.5 days before ending up back where it started… in Norfolk.
One of my MSc students is looking into the diet of Short-eared Owls in Portugal. In one of the pellets, he found a ringed legbone. The code (NB30553) is from the British Museum in London. Any ideas which species it could be?
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Tiny Brazilian frogs’ inner ear canals are too small to help them balance well, finds a study from last year in
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, explaining why they are clumsy jumpers.