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Looking for two specific scientific papers on goose behaviour.
Hi, I've been searching for these two papers for a while but nothing, yes I know they can be bought or borrowed but my college cant borrow them and im a broke college student. So does anyone own a copy of these that they don't mind sharing? I'm looking for: Agonistic behaviour in barnacle...- JonNF
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- behavior geese
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- Forum: Bird Behaviour
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Attack of the Sparrows
I recently captured this series of photos of what looks like a female House Sparrow attacking a breeding male. I am pretty new to birding and have never seen such behavior before. Initially, the two birds seemed to engage in an aerial dogfight before landing on this tiled roof and continuing...- ike61095
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- animal behavior attack behavior fight hurt injured sparrow
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- Forum: Bird Behaviour
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Seeing 5 red tailed hawks together?
Hi! I was wondering, I've been seeing between 2-5 hawks together in my area at once. Sometimes they're just flying incredibly close by to each other and sometimes they seem to be hunting birds nests in the trees together. Often, one tries first and draws several of the small birds away, and then...- danny_phantomcore
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- behavior red tail hawks
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- Forum: Bird Behaviour
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Change ...
... in menu Never seen them taking a lizard ... ... being omnivorous they take insects spiders ... and seeds and flowers as well ... An important piece of behavioral record ...- aloktewari
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- behavior bharatpur india jungle babbler keoladeo national park rajasthan turdoides striata
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Dancing Cranes of Bharatpur : Amazing Widlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
2.4K views, 71 likes, 12 loves, 40 comments, 53 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Alok Tewari: Life : Music of Soul _____________________ Ambiance ... Where My heart ... Resides And sings A merry song ... As well It is True ... ... That Only ... Music of Soul Can bring Tears Into My eyes...- aloktewari
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- behavior bharatpur crane grus antigone india keoladeo national park sarus crane video
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Great Egret persuades Snowy Egret
The snowy egret had a nice catch that the great egret wanted. The harassment didn't work, and the smaller egret got to keep its hard-earned meal.- MelospizaMelodiaFan
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- behavior food harassment
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- Category: North America
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Indian Grey Hornbill : behavior : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
367 views, 20 likes, 4 loves, 2 comments, 11 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Alok Tewari: Indian Grey Hornbill ... unique behavioral capture Soon after the day-break ... on that pleasantly cool early spring morning ... ... just as we started to wind up the morning round ... a party of six...- aloktewari
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- behavior bharatpur hornbill india indian grey hornbill keoladeo national park ocyceros birostris rajasthan video wetland
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Greetings - Cooper's Hawks Observation/Details
Hello everyone! I am incredibly new here! I've been observing a pair of Cooper's Hawks from April till now in my neighbourhood in Oakville, Ontario. I've seen the pair switch from three nesting locations which I think is normal but also curious. The first reason the pair had moved was that my...- OakTreeWatcher
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- behavior birds of prey cooper hawk nesting
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- Forum: Say Hello
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Himalayas-682
Myriad moods of a Fantail ... Dancing ... ... drinking diving ... and bathing ... Recorded at the forest-edge ... Sattal Forest Uttarakhand Himalayas India 6 April 2023- aloktewari
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- alt. 5500 behavior india rhipidura albicollis sattal uttarakhand himalayas white-throated fantail
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Two Mandarin Ducks
A female Mandarin Ducks "fishes" acorns from the bottom of the pond while her drake watches her.- Michael Billerbeck
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- acorns aix aix galericulata behavior behaviour duck mandarin duck pond video
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Red-eared sliders are opportunistic predatory omnivores rather than herbivores
Hello, folks! As an owner of a red-eared slider turtle for over 12 years, I've been researching them and their behavior for quite some time now. Generally, most sources say that red-eared sliders are more predatory when they are growing juveniles, and tend to lean towards herbivorous behavior...- Avon Avians
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- aquatic turtles behavior carnivorous chrysemys scripta elegans emydidae herbivorous invasive species omnivorous predation trachemys trachemys scripta elegans
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- Forum: Reptiles and Amphibians
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European Magpie harasses an Osprey
This year I was very lucky to be able observe two Ospreys near my area. This is a juvenile Osprey which is being harassed by a European Magpie (Pica pica)- Michael Billerbeck
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- animal behavior behavior eurasian magpie european magpie harassed harassing magpie mülheim north rine-westphalia osprey pandion haliaetus video
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Isabelline Shrike : scavenging on a dead Rock Pigeon : Wild India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
First record of an Isabelline Shrike scavenging on a dead Rock Pigeon ... Gurugram Haryana India 21.12.2021- aloktewari
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- behavior gurugram haryana india isabelline shrike lanius isabellinus scacenvenging shrike video
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Not fun ...
The expression makes it clear ... that ... they were in no mood to have us around ... The pair was involved in allo-preening session ... that was interrupted by our cameras ...- aloktewari
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- allopreening argya striata babbler behavior haryana india jhajjar jungle babbler
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor - 130 : Spotted Owlet pair : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
3.8K views, 103 likes, 0 loves, 47 comments, 52 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Alok Tewari Spotted Owlet - Displacement Behavior Pair bonding is very important for most species ... ... this species, though has a complicated interaction ... where multiple males are known to mate with one...- aloktewari
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- athene brama behavior bharatpur displacement behavior india keoladeo national park owl pair bonding pseudocopulation rajasthan raptor spotted owlet video
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Lakescape - 706 : Ruff : behavior-feeding on grass shoots : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
An important behavioral documentation ... A Ruff is seen feeding on young shoots and sprouts of fresh monsoon grasses ... Ruff, is a migratory species that starts coming back to India, from its Eurasian breeding habitats as early as August ... Delhi India 23 August 2016- aloktewari
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- agrarian wilderness behavior delhi foraging philomachus pugnax ruff wetland
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Book on waders, habitat and ecology
Hello everyone! I will study waders in north Sweden and I was wondering if there is any good book with everything to know about waders, especially about their ecology, habitat, behaviour etc. And if you have a good ID wader book to suggest, I am interested as well! Thanks- Jonte
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- behavior book ecology habitat waders
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- Forum: Books, Magazines, Publications, Video & DVD
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Anhinga shooting into the sun.jpg
Anhinga having a good shake after a dive.- IDidiot
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- anhinga anhinga anhinga behavior
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- Category: North America
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Special Behavior ...
Not really backlit ... but the BG was glowing like charcoal in fire ... on that hot day in May ... with temp. in high 40s in open ... ... and the bird is not sitting in the nest ...but in the shade of a Calotropis bush ... A bird endemic to Indian Sub-continent ... YW-Lapwing chicks...- aloktewari
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- behavior
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas - 121
Raptors and Corvids ... as is well known can not get along ... at all Large-billed Crows ... fairly good sized birds in their own right ... look tiny in comparison to the Steppe Eagle ... Yet ... A group of four of them were making life miserable for the Eagle ... These biggies of...- aloktewari
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- behavior
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Hover-craft ...
Nature's hovercraft ... Black-winged Kite ... Behavior Very neat looking ... lovely little Raptor ... Nearly always see them ... during birding through the open country around Delhi ... Soft, diffuse, post-sunset light has ... subdued detail ... but has made the bird look more...- aloktewari
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- behavior
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Butterfly - 58
Butterflies - 58 Keoladeo Bharatpur Jamboree - 28 Behavior ... Mud-puddling is an important part of the brief lifespan of an adult BF ... in many species ... Wet patches that are close to rotting organic matter ( ... cowdung lumps are seen in this image as well ... ) are preferred as...- aloktewari
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- Category: Butterflies & Moths
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Fig Tree - 6
The Fig Tree - 6 Two female Asian Koels were feeding in the tree ... fig-ging out merrily ... if I may say so ... one here delightfully holds a fig in her bill ... ... in the process clearly showing that the fruit was torn off the branch leaving a part of it to the branch ... ... and it...- aloktewari
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- behavior
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Fig Tree - 5
The Fig Tree - 5 To show how the tiny Thick-billed Flowerpecker was feeding on ripe figs ... I will have to show some other birds that were feeding in the same tree ... Please note here that the fruit ( fig ) is nearly sessile ( with a very small stalk ... ) There were bigger bird...- aloktewari
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Final Course
Keoladeo Bharatpur Jamboree - 19 Behavior Prolific Hoopoe - Last course This was the 6th and last course of his lunch on that day ... ( ... I have skipped uploading 3rd 4th and 5th to avoid monotony ... ) And by now ... he seems to be gleaming ... with satiety ... ... success and...- aloktewari
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands