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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

10,000 Birds

Checklist for Belize lists 622 species in 76 families, of which 104 are rare or accidental and four introduced. Checklist lists 955 species in 86 families, with 152 rare/accidental species, three extirpated species, five introduced species, and nine endemics). For context, the IOC version 13.1

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Each species account starts with names–family name at the top of the page, followed below by English name of the species, alpha code, scientific name, local name in Cuba and the standard name as accepted by the Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO). Press in 2003. There is even room for notes. Raffaele, James, Wiley, Orlando H.

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Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America: A Book Review by a Sound Challenged Birder

10,000 Birds

Species Accounts are arranged taxonomically, grouped by family. Family sections start with a brief description of the characteristics shared by the species in the family, followed by a description of the sounds made by those species and how they obtain their song/call knowledge.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

10,000 Birds

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) small families putting less pressure on the adult members of the family). In this case, they would be exhibiting polyandry. Wicked, right?

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Bota Box: Nighthawk Black Red Wine Blend

10,000 Birds

I’m lucky that these once-common North American nightjars regularly pass over my house in upstate New York twice a year, both during their northbound spring migration and even more so in the fall on their way south. Undoubtedly to some people the new cardboard container represents a vast improvement over tradition.

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Birder, Defined

10,000 Birds

The book has garnered positive reviews in publications such as the New York Times , The Atlantic , and The New Yorker. Producing a dictionary, or a new edition of an existing dictionary, is a daunting task. For anyone who has even a passing interest in words, definitions, or dictionaries, it is fascinating.

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Review Classic: The Warbler Guide

10,000 Birds

(Famously, the Blackburnian was the spark bird for notable birder Phoebe Snetsinger; it was also the spark bird for my friend Marylee,) Without warblers, migrant hotspots like the Ramble in New York City’s Central Park would be empty in May. He has been birding since he was a kid, led birding trips across the U.S.