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		<title>Why Files wonders about citizen-scientists</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citizen scientists play a big role in the study of birds. We ask why?]]></description>
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		<title>Bird-work wanted!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to a mammoth report on the health of America&#8217;s birds, The Why Files is working on a new feature about the status of our birds, for our April 2 edition. The report, from the U.S. Department of the Interior , working with conservation groups, highlights the desperate condition of birds in Hawaii. Grassland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do birds migrate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The essential skills of bird migration are orientation — knowing north from south, and east from west — and navigation, having some sort of &#8220;map&#8221; to establish the location you&#8217;re aiming for, says Stanley Temple, emeritus professor of conservation.
Birds usually orient themselves by observing the sun and the stars – although some can also sense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miracle of winged migration</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Migration of songbirds, butterflies, turtles and seals. Where does the natural urge to move originate?]]></description>
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		<title>Biodiversity: Species Form Faster Near Poles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom says species form faster in the biodiverse tropics. But a new study shows fast speciation and extinction at the poles. Why didn&#8217;t we think up this study?
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		<title>Cranes when Walking: Why the Weird Head Action?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gawky walk of a bird: The head is still, then it lunges forward. A new study tells why. (Hint: It's not just to look funny.)]]></description>
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		<title>Birdsong and Motivation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sexual motivation for birdsong involves hormones, the medial preoptic brain area and environment in European starlings.]]></description>
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