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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Tips for feeding birds in the winter
Now that the brunt of winter is upon us, many bird species have migrated south to warmer climates. However, there are still many birds remaining that could benefit from food or shelter during the winter. Wade Kammin of Wild Birds Unlimited in Springfield, Illinois, recently gave a series of tips on feeding birds in the [...]
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Researchers build robotic hummingbird wing
Researchers at the Extreme Fluids Lab at Los Alamos National Laboratory are trying a new approach to understanding the flight patterns of hummingbirds: robots. According to an article at Live Science, researcher B.J. Ballakumar has built a robotic wing designed to mimic the hummingbird, which doesn’t flap its wings like other birds, but instead oscillates [...]
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