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January 8, 2008

Weighing a bird in Panamanian jungle for a study on hunting strategies

Robb Brumfield from the Museum of Natural Science at Louisiana State University weighs a bird in the Panamanian jungle for a study on the evolution of hunting strategies used by antbirds, woodcreepers and ovenbirds to find prey.

[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant DEB 0332093.]

Learn more in the NSF Research News story Birds follow army ants to find prey. (Date of Image: April 2004) (Date added to Multimedia Gallery: Jan. 8, 2008) (Jan. 8, 2008)

Credit: Robb Brumfield, Louisiana State University


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