4th dimension birding

[Jochen Brocks <>]

For those interested in birding in deep time, a very interesting article
published in this week's Science magazine (see attached
picture).

A Nearly Modern Amphibious Bird from the Early Cretaceous of Northwestern
China
     Hai-lu You, Matthew C. Lamanna, Jerald D.
Harris, Luis M. Chiappe, 
     Jingmai O'Connor, Shu-an Ji, Jun-chang Lu,
Chong-xi Yuan, Da-qing Li, 
     Xing Zhang, Kenneth J. Lacovara, Peter Dodson,
and Qiang Ji
    

 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/312/5780/1640?etoc
      p. 1640


And for the first time in a very long time, a second bird paper in the
same issue:

Food-Caching Western Scrub-Jays Keep Track of Who Was Watching When
     Joanna M. Dally, Nathan J. Emery, and Nicola S.
Clayton
    

 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/312/5780/1662?etoc
      p. 1662

I have copies of the full articles if you are intersted.

All the best

Jochen

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