Jeff Mann

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Birdsnap App Review
Birdsnap uses visual recognition and magic to identify birds in photos taken with your iPhone.
I am a big fan of incorporating technology into my birding adventures. So when I got wind of a new app on the App Store that claims to identify birds just based on pictures, I got extremely excited

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Where to see the most birds?
Ask any birder, “Where the birds at?” and the answers you’ll often hear are: the mountains, the beach, a wildlife reserve, etc.
But is that where most of the birds actually are? Turns out that in order to see the largest variety of birds, the furthest you have to look is your backyard…

Flying abilities of the Goshawk
The flying abilities of the Goshawk are put to the test in this BBC video.
The bird is tested and filmed in slow-motion flying through a circular opening, horizontal opening, vertical opening, and a tunnel in this amazing experiment.

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How do bird flocks work?
For a long time, scientists have been puzzled over how birds flock. How do they communicate which direction to turn? Is there a leader?