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Birds and People: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. He started working on Birds and People in January 2007, according to the book’s web site, and the project ultimately took six years.

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Fox joined the Achiever around 2007 (one of the few failings of the book is that it doesn’t specify the exact year (or years) of her voyages; it’s not clear if the book is the account of a chronological year or an amalgamation of several years). And, this was badly needed.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

We actually spent considerable time searching unsuccessfully for this highly sought-after bird; however I did suspect they were not gone, as several hunters I interviewed knew the bird and claimed it still existed. million hectares in 2007. We visited the colony at a remote village in the central region of Ghana called Bonkro.

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