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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of November 2012)

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Of the birds I encountered this weekend, the one I was most excited about was the Rough-legged Hawk that claims territory near my mother-in-law’s home some winters. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Lucky are those who can find a moment’s respite in nature.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Great Backyard Bird Count 2012)

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This weekend was dedicated to enjoying the company of my visiting mother, brother, sister-in-law, and niece. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Have you been participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count ? Honestly, I did not embrace the GBBC with all my heart.

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One Last Wood-Warbler Week Post

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Will it come back in 2012? We’ll see… But there is one more thing to do for Wood-Warbler Week, and that is to figure out what wood-warbler is represented in the Wood-Warbler Week logo, which was created by my wonderful sister-in-law, Stephanie Chung. Read about them here but also get out and experience them.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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©2012 Donna L. Solid Air: Invisible Killer- Saving Billions of Birds from Windows is the summation of Dr. Klem’s expertise, experience, and professional life–what we scientifically know about bird and glass collisions, a handbook on how to prevent them, and, not insignificantly, the story of a remarkable career.

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Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide–A Book Review

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Habitat is very important to Hashimoto’s art, they are part of her observational and creative experience, and I think it’s this attention to appropriate waters, plants, climate, and time of day that make her bird portraits special. And, John Laws widely praised The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012) is mysteriously missing.

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Laws Guide to Drawing Birds

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In June 2012, I had the great fortune to visit Trinidad and Tobago in a group that included birder and artist Matthew Dodder. If you are one of these birders, and even if you are not, take a look at the newly published “ The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds “, and find out why I believe it is a must-have book for artist-birders.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Jackson, 2012. The University of Michigan Press, 2012. At several points in recent history, Kirtland’s Warbler appeared to be on the verge of extinction.

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