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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

In July 2011 a Henslow’s Sparrow was found in Ames, N.Y., I soon found that this bird world is one with its own logic, rules, and ethics, a place with its own language and literature, its own art and history, its heroes and a few heroines. a rural area in the eastern-central part of the state.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

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Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. He pairs conventional wisdom with actual research on such wisdom and speaks to experts who’ve been pondering the issues from the perspectives of their various disciplines.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

10,000 Birds

There are sections, ranging in length from a paragraph to two pages, on taxonomy, bird names, habitat, ranges, migration, courtship and breeding, flight, bird intelligence, bird communication; identification; finding birds, life lists; optics and photography; ethics; bird feeding; and conservation. These are all informative and current.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

They are large passerines and research has shown them to be an ancient basal offshoot from the passerine tree (at approximately the same time as rockjumpers, were even placed in the same family until quite recently). With an economic growth rate of over 20%, Ghana is listed as “The World’s Fastest Growing Economy in 2011”.

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