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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

10,000 Birds

I purchased my first Sibley— The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America —in 2003. Descriptions are totally rewritten from the 2003 regional guides, and though they are essentially the same material as the 2013 main guide, the text has been re-arranged to emphasize important points in less space.

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

10,000 Birds

Vegetation is a key ingredient, and Klem cites a 2013 study that found “bird strikes were correlated positively to window area and negatively to development. The more glass, the more bird kills. A greater number of buildings in a concentrated area without intervening green space results in fewer birds and fewer killed.”

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

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I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. Add to that Liguori’s earlier Hawks From Every Angle (2005), the entry from the Peterson Field Guide series, Hawks of North America, second edition , by William S. It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk. Clark and Brian K.