Introduction |
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Northern Wren: Roost site available, not everyone need apply |
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16 | (4) |
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Great Spotted Cuckoo: A cuckoo, yes -- but not as we know it |
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20 | (6) |
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Great Grey Shrike: Catching on to a neat idea |
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26 | (6) |
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Common Crossbill: A bird with leftist tendencies |
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32 | (4) |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher: The oystercatcher's trade unions |
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36 | (4) |
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40 | (26) |
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Sunbirds: Hovering might be catching |
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42 | (4) |
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Ostriches: The benefits of sharing a nest |
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46 | (6) |
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Straw-tailed Whydah and Purple Grenadier: The strange case of the avian stalker |
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52 | (4) |
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56 | (4) |
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Widowbirds: A tale of two tails |
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60 | (6) |
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66 | (22) |
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Greater Racket-tailed Drongo: The life of a professional agitator |
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68 | (4) |
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Yellow-browed Warbler: The wrong-way migrant |
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72 | (4) |
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana: Children of the lily-pads |
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76 | (4) |
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Arabian Babbler: Keeping its friends close |
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80 | (4) |
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Swifts and swiftlets: Living in the dark |
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84 | (4) |
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88 | (26) |
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White-winged Chough: Our family group needs some extra help |
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90 | (4) |
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Fairywrens: What is the significance of the flower gift? |
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94 | (4) |
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Great Bowerbird: Stage managing a nuptial bower |
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98 | (6) |
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Southern Cassowary: Don't mess with this big bird |
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104 | (6) |
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Varied Sittellas: The benefits of working together |
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110 | (4) |
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114 | (22) |
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White-throated Sparrow: A tale of two sparrows |
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116 | (4) |
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Black-capped Chickadee: Memories of garden birds |
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120 | (4) |
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Cliff Swallow: Unnatural selection |
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124 | (4) |
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Harris's Hawk: The hunter-gatherer |
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128 | (4) |
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Marbled Murrelet: Breeding in a different world |
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132 | (4) |
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136 | (28) |
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Andean Cock-of-the-Rock: Working together with its friends 138 Toucans: Why a big bill pays |
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144 | (6) |
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Antbirds: Following the ants |
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150 | (4) |
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Tanagers: The crown jewels |
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154 | (4) |
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Hummingbirds: When the humming stops |
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158 | (6) |
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164 | (30) |
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Rockhopper Penguin: The most unloved egg |
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166 | (6) |
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Albatrosses: Masters of the oceans |
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172 | (6) |
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Emperor and Galapagos Penguins: A tale of two penguins |
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178 | (6) |
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Sheathbills: The basement cleaners |
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184 | (4) |
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Wandering Albatross: A slow dance to success |
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188 | (6) |
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194 | (26) |
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Swallow-tailed Gull: Making the most of dark nights |
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196 | (4) |
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Megapodes: The patter of great, big feet |
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200 | (6) |
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New Caledonian Crow: The world's cleverest bird? |
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206 | (4) |
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Blue Bird-of-paradise: Figs and fruits turn paradise upside down |
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210 | (6) |
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Extinctions: Islands: lands of lost birds |
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216 | (4) |
Further reading |
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220 | (1) |
Index |
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221 | (3) |
Acknowledgments |
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