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ABA Field Guides to Birds of Colorado and Florida

10,000 Birds

This latest addition to the ABA State Field Guide series is sorely needed in places like Wakodahatchee. Species Accounts in both titles are arranged loosely in ABA Checklist order, with some flipping around of order within each family. During the last visit in 2011, I was fortunate to see all three Rosy-Finch species at Red Rocks Park.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

I should add that the Big Owls taking over NYC social and even hard print media, dominating conversations with my nonbirder friends and family, are not the only owls in the five boroughs, but like a musical, the closer you are to Broadway, the closer you are to fame and fortune (and maybe even a higher quality rodent for dinner, who knows?). .”

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. 14 Responses to “The Nonessential Whooping Crane&# Vickie Mar 20th, 2011 at 7:38 am Wonderful, heartfelt and enlightening post, Julie.

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