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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Hauber Hauber’s mini-essays focus on specific behaviors, enhanced by references to recent research yet written in a relaxed, personal way. And there is diversity in charisma–few people can resist an Emperor Penguin or a Secretary Bird, but common birds like Indian Myna and Black-crowned Night Heron also get their due respect.

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Birding for the Curious: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The birding process is stripped to the essentials without losing the significance of important, sometimes complex ideas—migration, habitat, research, documentation, community. This is their first title that is not a cook or crafts book, and I hope there will be more. September 15, 2015. Page Street Publishing, 176 pages, 9.3

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Combined Beats’ List – September

10,000 Birds

Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section). Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section). Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section). Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section). Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section). International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. 25 Mar 2016.

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