What Do Nesting Birds Do with All That Poop?
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Fair warning: This post is entirely about poop. If you鈥檙e a regular reader of 约炮视频 magazine, our interest in the topic might not surprise you. After all, we鈥檝e covered how South Asians are trying to save their elephants by turning ; selectively defecate on dark rocks and other prominent structures near the nests to mark their territory; and, to find new breeding colonies, scientists scoured satellite images to look for the enormous reddish-brown excrement stains the birds leave on the ice.
So we were tickled to discover that the folks over at the fabulous blog dedicated an entire week to poop. Their stated collective goal was to 鈥渆xamine every area in which excrement impacts avifauna and their observation.鈥 And did they ever succeed. Below are links to the varied and fascinating Poop Week posts.
And aren鈥檛 you glad you don鈥檛 have to do this for your kids?
What unsavory sorts will you find hanging around your local sewage plant? How about birders?
Which groovy-necked bird suffers from such a colorful but unfortunate moniker?
Which illustrious American pelagic trip leader has a penchant for photographing pooping birds and why?
How did our resident quizmaster come up with such a devious puzzle and what does Q87.2 have to do with it?
鈥nd if nobody is there to smell it, does it have a stink? Ever want to share your worst birding/nature and pooping-related story?
Do you know how the sublime glory of bird poop can transform your life?
What鈥檚 up with that car-crusting stuff anyway and what does a cloaca have to do with it?
When will Survivor force contestants to band seabirds on the Farallones Islands? Would anyone survive?
How does something cool related to owls suddenly become a little bit disgusting or maybe even cooler?
Why are German sewage plants less interesting for birding than Australian ones and where does the outhouse in the Greifswalder Oie fit in?
Is the furthest inland Kittiwake colony in the world compatible with the aspiration for an outstanding urban waterfront? What do you think?
Why do the fates conspire to shower blessings upon us when we are least prepared to enjoy them? What鈥檚 more important鈥 toilet paper or a camera?
Why would you be better off visiting Cyprus鈥 sewage pools than sampling its local cuisine?
Ever wonder why the United States passed the Guano Islands Act in 1856?
Why, amidst an Arctic expanse of snow and ice, would you want to look for even more white stuff?