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Crows of the world
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ISBN: 0565007718 9780565007713 Year: 1976 Publisher: London: British Museum,

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Corvidae. --- Corvidae


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Life histories of North American jays, crows, and titmice
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Year: 1964 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : Dover publications,

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Corvidae --- Paridae


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The comparative osteology of European corvids (Aves : Corvidae), with a key to the identification of their skeletal elements
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ISBN: 8390718782 Year: 2000 Publisher: Kraków Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierzat

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Corvidae --- Anatomy


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Les corvidés d'Europe. : Leur régìme. Les relations avec l'agriculture et la chasse. L'analyse stomacale des omnivores,
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Year: 1928 Publisher: Paris, P. Lechevalier,

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Der Tannenhäher (Nucifraga caryocatactes (L.)) im Engadin : Studien zu seiner Ökologie und Funktion im Arvenwald (Pinus cembra L.)
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Year: 1978 Publisher: Paderborn : F. Schöningh,

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Corvidae --- Swiss pine --- Seeds --- Ecology --- Dispersal


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Kauwen in de spiegel
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ISBN: 9020920545 Year: 1992 Publisher: Tielt Lannoo


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Planning for the Future : Do Animals Have a Time-Relative Interest in Continuing to Live?
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ISBN: 3957437369 Year: 2020 Publisher: Paderborn Brill | mentis

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Are animals mentally stuck in the present, unable to think beyond the here and now, or are they mental time travelers, capable of planning ahead in time? And why should this matter to us? "Planning for the Future" provides a thorough conceptual clarification of the most important but ambiguously used concepts in the debate and differentiates between two types of planning. In analyzing several influential studies with birds and apes, the book concludes that there is indeed evidence for anticipatory planning in some animals, but not for strategic planning so far. In a chapter of its own, ethical consequences regarding the wrongness of killing animals from utilitarian and animal rights perspectives are laid out. Do at least some animals have a strong interest in continuing to live? Should they even be ascribed with a right not to be killed? And why might the awareness of our own mortality hinder us in finding answers?


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Avian Architecture
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ISBN: 9781400838318 1283519240 9786613831699 1400838312 Year: 2011 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Avian Architecture describes how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, deconstructing all types of nests found around the world using architectural blueprints and detailed descriptions of the construction processes and engineering techniques birds use. This spectacularly illustrated book features 300 full-color images and more than 35 case studies that profile key species worldwide. Each chapter covers a different type of nest, from tunnel nests and mound nests to floating nests, hanging nests, woven nests, and even multiple-nest avian cities. Other kinds of avian construction--such as bowers and harvest wells--are also featured. Avian Architecture includes intricate step-by-step sequences, visual spreads on nest-building materials and methods, and insightful commentary by a leading expert. Illustrates how birds around the world design, engineer, and build their nests Features architectural blueprints, step-by-step sequences, visual spreads on nest-building materials and methods, and expert commentary Includes 300 full-color images Covers more than 100 bird species worldwide

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Birds. --- Birds - Behavior. --- Birds -- Behavior. --- Birds - Nests. --- Birds -- Nests -- Pictorial works. --- Birds -- Nests. --- Nest building. --- Birds --- Nest building --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Vertebrates --- Nests --- Behavior --- Acorn woodpecker. --- American flamingo. --- American robin. --- Arctic tern. --- Baltimore oriole. --- Barn swallow. --- Bee-eater. --- Bird nest. --- Bird. --- Black wheatear. --- Bowerbird. --- Breeding pair. --- Brood (honey bee). --- Burrowing owl. --- Carrion crow. --- Case study. --- Columbidae. --- Common chaffinch. --- Common eider. --- Common tailorbird. --- Common wood pigeon. --- Corvidae. --- Courtship. --- Cowbird. --- Edible bird's nest. --- Edible-nest swiftlet. --- Editing. --- Egg as food. --- Eurasian bittern. --- European bee-eater. --- European robin. --- Ficus. --- Firewood. --- Fledge. --- Flight feather. --- Food storage. --- Galliformes. --- Goose. --- Grackle. --- Granary. --- Great tit. --- Hamerkop. --- Hanging (meat). --- Honeyeater. --- Hornbill. --- Horned coot. --- House sparrow. --- Hummingbird. --- Icterid. --- Illustration. --- Infestation. --- Insect. --- Killdeer. --- Leaf warbler. --- Lyrebird. --- Magpie goose. --- Magpie-lark. --- Malleefowl. --- Mammal. --- Mangrove. --- Mating. --- Megapode. --- Monk parakeet. --- Nest box. --- Nest. --- Old World warbler. --- Opuntia. --- Oropendola. --- Ovenbird (family). --- Parakeet. --- Parasitism. --- Passerine. --- Plumage. --- Precocial. --- Predation. --- Rainforest. --- Ruby-throated hummingbird. --- Sapsucker. --- Satin bowerbird. --- Shrub. --- Song thrush. --- Songbird. --- Sparrow. --- Spider silk. --- Spider web. --- Stork. --- Swiftlet. --- Tailorbird. --- Tit (bird). --- Tooth-billed bowerbird. --- Trogon. --- Vegetation. --- Vogelkop bowerbird. --- Wader. --- Warbler. --- Western rock nuthatch. --- White stork. --- Winter wren. --- Wood warbler. --- Woodpecker. --- Building, Nest --- Building nests --- Construction, Nest --- Nest construction --- Nesting (Animal behavior) --- Nesting behavior --- Nidification --- Animal behavior --- Aves --- Avian fauna --- Avifauna --- Wild birds --- Amniotes --- Ornithology --- Construction --- Eggs and nests --- Nests. --- Behavior.


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The bird name book : a history of English bird names
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ISBN: 0691236852 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,

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A marvelously illustrated A-to-Z compendium of bird names from around the globeThe Bird Name Book is an alphabetical reference book on the origins and meanings of common group bird names, from “accentor” to “zeledonia.” A cornucopia of engaging facts and anecdotes, this superbly researched compendium presents a wealth of incisive entries alongside stunning photos by the author and beautiful historic prints and watercolors. Myers provides brief biographies of prominent figures in ornithology—such as John Gould, John Latham, Alfred Newton, and Robert Ridgway—and goes on to describe the etymological history of every common group bird name found in standardized English. She interweaves the stories behind the names with "es from publications dating back to the 1400s, illuminating the shared evolution of language and our relationships with birds, and rooting the names in the history of ornithological discovery.Whether you are a well-traveled birder or have ever wondered how the birds in your backyard got their names, The Bird Name Book is an ideal companion.

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Birds --- A Book Of. --- A History of British Birds. --- Acanthizidae. --- Antbird. --- Bearded vulture. --- Bird-of-paradise. --- Birds of New Zealand. --- Blackpoll warbler. --- Bluethroat. --- Bowerbird. --- Bristlebird. --- British Birds (magazine). --- British Ornithologists' Union. --- Bunting (bird). --- Bushshrike. --- Cardinal (bird). --- Citrine warbler. --- Cooper's hawk. --- Corvidae. --- Crested shriketit. --- Crossbill. --- Diglossa (bird). --- English name. --- Eurasian reed warbler. --- Eurasian sparrowhawk. --- Eurasian spoonbill. --- Eurasian woodcock. --- Falconry. --- Figbird. --- Finch. --- Frigatebird. --- Genus. --- Gleaning (birds). --- Guineafowl. --- Honeyeater. --- Hummingbird. --- Insect. --- Insectivore. --- Jerdon's bush lark. --- Kingbird. --- Koklass pheasant. --- Leafbird. --- Little owl. --- Little wattlebird. --- Long-eared owl. --- Lyrebird. --- Macaw. --- Magpie-jay. --- Magpie-robin. --- Malleefowl. --- Mistletoebird. --- Mockingbird. --- Mourner (bird). --- New Guinea. --- New World quail. --- New World warbler. --- Night parrot. --- Oilbird. --- Old World flycatcher. --- Ornithology. --- Ovenbird (family). --- Owlet-nightjar. --- Parrotbill. --- Parrotlet. --- Peregrine falcon. --- Pernis (bird). --- Phasianidae. --- Pheasant. --- Picus (genus). --- Plumage. --- Pochard. --- Rhea (bird). --- Sabrewing. --- Song thrush. --- Songbird. --- Sparrow-weaver. --- Sparrow. --- Spinifexbird. --- Sunbird. --- Tattler (bird). --- The Birds of America. --- The Owl and the Nightingale. --- Thrush (bird). --- Tinkerbird. --- Tit (bird). --- Toucan. --- Tree pipit. --- Tropicbird. --- Tyrant flycatcher. --- Umbrellabird. --- Vesper sparrow. --- Vogelkop melidectes. --- Warbler. --- Wattlebird. --- Western wattlebird. --- Willow warbler. --- Wood warbler. --- Woodcreeper. --- Woodpecker. --- Yellow-mantled widowbird.

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