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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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In 2007 I was working in a university building that was just begging for bird feeders. Dead birds are a part of the life of a birder, a feeder of birds, and of bird science. And I don’t think that will be many people. Photographs of window-killed birds from Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Copyright © 2021 Daniel Klem, Jr.

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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A lot of this material is in her earlier book, Condors in Canyon Country, published by the Grand Canyon Association in 2007, now out-of-print (though available used). 49-50) She is also adept at writing about conservation’s larger context in terms of its history, public policy struggles, and the science behind species re-introduction.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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He started working on Birds and People in January 2007, according to the book’s web site, and the project ultimately took six years. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” A few words about the back of the book material. I was really happy to see that there are two indexes.

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The Feathery Tribe: A Book Review

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The team explored Nevada and Utah, with Ridgway collecting thousands of bird specimen, plus nests and eggs for the Smithsonian. Ridgway spent the rest of his career in the Castle, the Smithsonian building that then housed the National Museum’s bird collection. It’s challenging reading.

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Black Swans in Melbourne

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I soon collected maps and off I went to wander the parks and look for birds. I noted the time, place and then took some photographs and then once I got back to our accommodation I endeavoured to find out who was doing the research. Black Swan A45 got her neck band 4th July 2007, is over 8 years old and is a paired bird.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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Traditionally, the slow season, but the beats have mopped their collective brow and outdone their previous efforts. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). And so to summer. 03 Feb 2018.

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

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Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins. There are additional penguin titles not listed in the catalog, like photographer/writer Wayne Lynch’s Penguins of the World (Firefly, 2007).

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