The use of birds as pets in Mexico by Blanca Roldán-Clarà, Víctor M. Toledo, Ileana Espejel

Subjects: “…Bird-keepers…”
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Status of the GroundBIRD Telescope by Choi J., Génova-Santos R., Hattori M., Hazumi M., Ishitsuka H., Kanno F., Karatsu K., Kiuchi K., Koyano R., Kutsuma H., Lee K., Mima S., Minowa M., Nagai M., Nagasaki T., Naruse M., Oguri S., Okada T., Otani C., Rebolo R., Rubiño-Martín J., Sekimoto Y., Suzuki J., Taino T., Tajima O., Tomita N., Uchida T., Won E., Yoshida M.

“…We will discuss the present status of the GroundBIRD telescope.…”
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To Think Like a Bird by Bente Sundsvold

“…Eider down harvesting was previously a common practice of the coastal northerners, and the bird was considered holy. The practice is a fascinating example of domestication based on reciprocity between two species: The islanders make nests and build shelters for their seasonal guests; the birds pay “the rent” by leaving behind a wisp of eider down, the most precious duvet filling. …”
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Risk assessment for Birds and Mammals by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Alf Aagaard, Philippe Berny, Pierre‐François Chaton, Ana Lopez Antia, Emily McVey, Maria Arena, Gabriella Fait, Alessio Ippolito, Alberto Linguadoca, Rachel Sharp, Anne Theobald, Theodorus Brock

“…Abstract The European Commission asked EFSA to revise the Guidance on the risk assessment for birds and mammals. That guidance described how to perform risk assessment for birds and mammals from plant protection products, containing pesticide active substances, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 1107/2009. …”
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Monitoring of nocturnal birds in Tuscany by Luca Puglisi, Paola Bartolommei

Subjects: “…Nocturnal birds…”
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Giving those fibrocytics the bird by A. Burr

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Patterns of research effort in birds. by Simon Ducatez, Louis Lefebvre

“…The increase in meta-taxonomic comparative analyses on birds underlines the need to better address how research effort is distributed in this class. …”
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Scrutinizing assortative mating in birds. by Daiping Wang, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Mihai Valcu, Niels J Dingemanse, Martin Bulla, Christiaan Both, Renée A Duckworth, Lynna Marie Kiere, Patrik Karell, Tomáš Albrecht, Bart Kempenaers

“…Here, based on a conventional literature search, we find compelling meta-analytical evidence for size-assortative mating in birds (r = 0.178, 95% CI 0.142-0.215, 83 species, 35,591 pairs). …”
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An overview of migratory birds in Brazil by Marina Somenzari, Priscilla Prudente do Amaral, Víctor R. Cueto, André de Camargo Guaraldo, Alex E. Jahn, Diego Mendes Lima, Pedro Cerqueira Lima, Camile Lugarini, Caio Graco Machado, Jaime Martinez, João Luiz Xavier do Nascimento, José Fernando Pacheco, Danielle Paludo, Nêmora Pauletti Prestes, Patrícia Pereira Serafini, Luís Fábio Silveira, Antônio Emanuel Barreto Alves de Sousa, Nathália Alves de Sousa, Manuella Andrade de Souza, Wallace Rodrigues Telino-Júnior, Bret Myers Whitney

“…Of the 1,919 species of birds recorded in Brazil, 198 (10.3%) are migratory. …”
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Birds of Ibagué - Tolima, Colombia by Ronald Mauricio Parra-Hernández, Diego Andrés Carantón-Ayala, Jeyson Senen Sanabria-Mejía, Luís Felipe Barrera-Rodríguez, Adriana Milena Sierra-Sierra, Miguel Cesar Moreno-Palacios, Wilber Santos Yate-Molina, William Enrique Figueroa-Martínez, Carolina Díaz-Jaramillo, Vivian Tatiana Florez-Delgado, Jenny Katherine Certuche-Cubillos, Hugo Nelson Loaiza-Hernández, Bilma Adela Florido-Cuellar, Jeyson Senen Sanabria-Mejía, Luís Felipe Barrera-Rodríguez

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Reproductive toxicity of fluoroquinolones in birds by Hana Hruba, Ehdaa Eltayeb Eltigani Abdelsalam, Nikolay Anisimov, Hana Bandouchova, Barbora Havelkova, Tomas Heger, Miroslava Kanova, Veronika Kovacova, Monika Nemcova, Vladimir Piacek, Jana Sedlackova, Frantisek Vitula, Jiri Pikula

“…Abstract Background While commercial poultry and captive birds are exposed to antimicrobials through direct medication, environmental pollution may result in contamination of wild birds. …”
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Special Topic: Bird Damage by Jessica Tegt

Subjects: “…bird damage management…”
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Wavelets in Recognition of Bird Sounds by Selin Arja, Turunen Jari, Tanttu Juha T

“…The proposed method was tested on sounds of eight bird species of which five species have inharmonic sounds and three reference species have harmonic sounds. …”
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Detection of ectoparasites in different birds by Manal Hasan

“…The study was conducted to detect the ectoparasites infestation in chickens, Domestic pigeons <em>Columba livia domestica</em> and turkeys in different areas of Mosul city by survey examining of 80 birds of chickens, 85 birds of pigeons and 50 birds of turkeys, of both sexes. …”
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Alejandra Pizarnik: the bird that was cage by Isabel Abellán Chuecos

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"World of birds" Wildlife sanctuary by Walter Mangold

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Wading Birds of Northern Belize by Justin Dalaba, Venetia S. Briggs-Gonzalez, Jorge Eduardo Ruano, Frank J. Mazzotti

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Birds of the Everglades Agricultural Area by Elise V. Pearlstine, Michelle L. Casler, Frank J. Mazzotti

“… A checklist of birds observed in the Everglades Agricultural Area. …”
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Kevin Powers, Yellow Birds by Agnese De Marchi

“…Review of Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers…”
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Friends, Cuties and Trash Birds by Tiina Salmia

“…For example, humans sometimes call seagulls “friends”, or even “cuties”, but at other times portray them as hungry, dirty and annoying – as “trash birds”. Drawing on Stacy Alaimo’s concept of trans-corporeal interactions, I focus on the embodied agencies, both human and non-human, and the multispecies sharing of spaces considered “urban” or “natural”. …”
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