Recent content by Richard Klim

Thanks for the kind thoughts. I've been largely deskbound, struggling with cancer since Jul 2014 (with various surgical procedures, chemotherapy, radiotherapy) and BF has provided a wonderful way for me to remain engaged with ornithology throughout. However, in recent days it's become clear...

(...from me anyway.) With very best wishes to the many regular contributers to the taxonomy forums! :t:

Nate Swick, aba blog, 17 May 2016: ABA Area Big Years In Progress: May 2016 Update.

HBW Alive: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)

Collar 2005 (HBW 10).

Martin, Agrotis ipsilon isn't included amongst the insects treated by Burton & Croxall 2012.

Brit Birds, 16 May 2016: 'Team rat' leader named Conservationist of the Year.

Neotrop Birds 18. (Received my copy by post yesterday.)

Go-South: 15 May 2016 – Oiseaux de Libye – Birds of Libya. Isenmann, Hering, Brehme, Essghaier, Etayeb, Bourass & Azafzaf 2016. Oiseaux de Libye. Birds of Libya. SEOF, Paris.

Hammouda et al Hammouda, Hamza, Ayadi, Pearce-Duvet & Selmi (in press). Assortative mating for carotenoid colouration but not size in the Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis. Bird Study. [abstract]

Arizaga et al Arizaga, van Wilgenburg, Alonso, Cortés, Leconte, Rguibi, Valkenburg, Vera & Hobson (in press). Breeding origins and pattern of migration of Bluethroats Luscinia svecica wintering from Iberia to Senegal as revealed by stable isotopes. Bird Study. [abstract]

Morphological basis of glossy red plumage colours Iskandar, Eliason, Astrop, Igic, Maia & Shawkey (in press). Morphological basis of glossy red plumage colours. Biol J Linn Soc. [abstract & supp info]

Progress report: May 2016 Beissinger, Lanyon, Pruett-Jones, Martin, Raphael, Sullivan & Wolf 2016. Report of the joint AOU-COS Merger Working Group. [pdf]

Forest Double-collared & Moreau's Sunbirds McEntee et al (in press). [pdf]

Sausner, Torres-Mura, Robertson & Hertel 2016. Ecomorphological differences in foraging and pattering behavior among storm-petrels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Auk 133(3): 397–414. [abstract]