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Urban Observation: Great Blue Heron
Check out this Great Blue Heron‘s fun new perch! Kate spotted a heron sitting very comfortably on a discarded deck chair in Surrey, BC.…
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Urban Observation of the Week: Red-Tailed Hawk
Check out this Red-Tailed Hawk going dumpster diving in Morningside Park on Wednesday. This resourceful hawk didn’t hesitate to dive in and search for…
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Meta-analysis of Urban Bird Phenology
Humans have significantly impacted environmental conditions and landscapes for several decades through our urban expansion. These changes have produced selective pressures different from those…
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New Lit Alert: Plenty of rooftops with few neighbours occupied by young breeding Yellow-legged Gulls (Larus michahellis): does this occur at the expense of their health condition?
Plenty of rooftops with few neighbours occupied by young breeding Yellow-legged Gulls (Larus michahellis): does this occur at the expense of their health condition?…
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New Lit Alert: Nesting Site and Plumage Color Are the Main Traits Associated with Bird Species Presence in Urban Areas
Nesting Site and Plumage Color Are the Main Traits Associated with Bird Species Presence in Urban Areas Lucas M. Leveau & Isis Ibáñez Abstract…
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New Lit Alert: Habitat provision is a major driver of native bird communities in restored urban forests
Habitat provision is a major driver of native bird communities in restored urban forests Elizabeth Elliot Noe, John Innes, Andrew D. Barnes, Chaitanya Joshi,…
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New Lit Alert: Cat colonies and flight initiation distances of urban birds: Dealing with conflicting sources of citizen wellbeing
Cat colonies and flight initiation distances of urban birds: Dealing with conflicting sources of citizen wellbeing Mario Díaz, Jonatan Fernández, Alicia Page Abstract Feral…
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Urban Observation of the Week: Jamaican Yellow-Billed Parrot
Urban trees support diverse wildlife, as Jamaican biologist and naturalist Damany Calder pointed out in Instagram this week with his observation of the Yellow-Billed…
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New Lit Alert: Which Traits Influence Bird Survival in the City? A Review
Which Traits Influence Bird Survival in the City? A Review Swaroop Patankar, Ravi Jambhekar, Kulbhushansingh Ramesh Suryawanshi, and Harini Nagendra Abstract Urbanization poses a…
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New Lit Alert: Recent spread of blue tits into the Barcelona urban environment: morphological differences and the role of balanced dispersal
Recent spread of blue tits into the Barcelona urban environment: morphological differences and the role of balanced dispersal Juan Carlos Senar & Mats Björklund…
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Urbanisation Exposes Birds to Metal Pollution
Parallel, urban-driven phenotypic changes There is increasing evidence that, for a given species, individuals inhabiting cities often differ from their counterparts outside of cities. Such…
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New Lit Alert: Does melanin-based plumage coloration reflect health status of free-living birds in urban environments?
Does melanin-based plumage coloration reflect health status of free-living birds in urban environments? Hani Amir Aouissi, Mostefa Ababsa, Aissam Gaagai, Zihad Bouslama, Yassine Farhi,…
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New Lit Alert: Invasion success and tolerance to urbanization in birds
Invasion success and tolerance to urbanization in birds César González-Lagos, Laura Cardador and Daniel Sol Abstract Cities are considered hotspots of biological invasions, yet…
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Urban Wildlife Spotlight: The Monk Parakeet
Monk parakeets Myiopsitta monachus Sometimes referred to as the Quaker parrot due to their quaking vocalizations, the monk parakeet is a small, green…
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Genomic Urban Adaptation in a Common Bird Across Europe
Cities, defined as large human settlements of the contemporary human population, have been part of the “Old World” landscape for long time, including Europe.…