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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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He continues with images found in illuminated manuscripts such as Catherine of Cleves’s Book of Hours and Frederick II of Germany’s On the Art of Hunting With Birds. Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press.

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What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

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They portray the nesting cycles of Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk, and American Robin, illustrating the various ways in which birds create families. Do they have families too and do they take care of them? Some of the chapters focus on a specific bird, most are about bird families like hawks, tanagers, wrens, etc.,

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I’m A Seattle-Bound Birder

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And where will I be going that will have the birds I want to see and be acceptable destinations for a non-birding family? Regardless of how many birds I see or don’t see I am really looking forward to our first family vacation to a new and interesting place. What other birds that I have seen before will I be excited to see again?

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