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Guide to the Birds of China

10,000 Birds

The 2000 MacKinnon guide is showing its age while my preferred choice for the Shanghai area, Mark Brazil’s “Birds of East Asia”, covers non-Chinese locations such as Japan and Korea while excluding Western China. While there are some decent Chinese-language guides, they are of limited use for (local) illiterates like me.

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Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters

10,000 Birds

This is a bird that flew over 3,400 miles in one flight from Brazil to South Carolina, an amazing bird that is representative of every other Whimbrel. Machi getting fitted with transmitter in 2009. And though the satellite transmitter let Machi be tracked it did not protect it from the hunters’ guns. … a.

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Online Survey on Ethics and Animals

Animal Person

The survey is at EthicsAndAnimals.questionpro.com , and its closing date has been extended to Monday, July 13, 2009. The results will be first presented and discussed at the 12th International Vegan Festival, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 22-25, 2009 (more about it here ).

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Little Fanaticos Soccer Dog Jerseys

4 The Love Of Animals

They carry USA, Germany, Brazil, England, France, Italy and more. Little Fanaticos Soccer Dog Jerseys originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on October 6, 2009. Usually she just likes to play with her small soccer ball, but now she is going to have to start her own team so she can wear her soccer dog jersey more often!

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

10,000 Birds

The Accounts utilize the “user-friendly” field guide sequence proposed in “The Purpose of Field Guides: Taxonomy vs. Utility” by Howell and five other notable birding authors ( Birding , 2009^). It starts with water and wading birds and ending with meadowlark, blackbird, and bobolink.^ Press, 1995 ^Howell, Steve N.G.,

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Credits: Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Brazil, by Francesco Veronesi, used under Creative Commons license; Spangled Cotinga by Mathias Appel, Flickr, public domain. And, rage and frustration. There are other questions though, and Johnson patiently teases them out. The Feather Thief is divided into four parts.

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Our Favorite Bird Books of 2023

10,000 Birds

The 1st edition from 1999 and the 2nd edition from 2009 were translated into 23 languages and sold more than one million copies. Spencer is an Australian native, and lived in Brazil for many years; the book features images of the birds of both places. Handsomely printed and bound, sized large (10 5/6 x 13 3/8 in.), Mark) M.C. &