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Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests: A Field Guide Review

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This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the infamous passion known as oology), but probably more from people’s burgeoning interest in the nests and eggs found in their gardens and fields, gateway artifacts to a newer hobby called birdwatching. The Harrison guides are out of print.

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Bird Surprises

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Bird Surprises Bird Surprises By Bill • March 8, 2011 • 9 comments Tweet Share Sometimes we watchers see birds do things that surprise usā€”things birds are not supposed to do. “Definitely!&#

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What does the Keystone XL Pipeline have to do with Birds?

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About three billion birds fly north to the Boreal Forest each spring to build nests and lay eggs. This is a photograph of the same area in 2011. As of September 2011, roughly 663 square kilometers (256 square miles) of land had been disturbed for oil sand mining 3. For many waterfowl, this area is their only nesting ground 2.

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Lest we Forget ā€“ BP Oil Spill 2010

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Aerial view of the scale of the clean-up operation 6 January, 2011 The White House oil commission concludes that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the result of systematic management failure at BP, Transocean and Halliburton. October 26, 2011 BP is awarded a permit to drill another exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Beautiful Blue Backyard Bird

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Beautiful Blue Backyard Bird Beautiful Blue Backyard Bird By Jochen • March 10, 2011 • 9 comments Tweet Share There is a lot of whining associated with colours and Europe’s birds. Such a fun post.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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They expand the definition of this book from identification guide to avian reference book. Press, 2011, cited as “RTP to Paul Brooks, March 6, 1945, Peterson Institute.” Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. ” These are all great. photography credits, and acknowledgements. .

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Best Bird of the Year 2012

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As 2012 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 and 2011 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. Definitely one of the highlights of my birding career! Red Junglefowl by Mike Bergin Clare Kines chose an egg as his Best Bird of the Year. And, no, I am not kidding.

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