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ABA Field Guides to Birds of Colorado and Florida

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This latest addition to the ABA State Field Guide series is sorely needed in places like Wakodahatchee. During the last visit in 2011, I was fortunate to see all three Rosy-Finch species at Red Rocks Park. Disclosure time: I bird Florida, mostly the southeast area, several times a year. Thank you, little sister.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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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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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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It’s a bit of a sore thumb, a well-known essay by a famous writer-who-is-also-a-birder in a collection of essays by new and experienced-but-as-well-known-as-they-should-be writers, and I wish Rogers had given some background on its placement here. Press, 2011).