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A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

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Several years ago, I read about the enormous colonies of breeding birds in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and I did some research to satisfy my curiosity. ( Google Scholar is an excellent resource and free full-text PDFs can be located for many papers, particularly when research is taxpayer-funded.

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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition: A Field Guide Review

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There are page references to and from the Species Accounts maps, which makes research transparently easy. Looks exactly the same at first until you notice brand-new images of the kite in flight. For many birders, especially those who do not travel, it is a choice between the regional editions of Sibley , published in 2016, and NatGeo.

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“Valley of the Wild Geese”: Glengoyne 15 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

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Since 2016, the Glengoyne Distillery has been a corporate supporter of research and conservation efforts by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust to study and counter the decline of the “Greenland” Greater White-fronted Goose in the face of threats like climate change. Gäss ( Geese ) (1922) by Swedish painter Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939).

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