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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of November 2016?

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Those who know me don’t often find me quoting the Bible, but the roller coaster of emotions many Americans have ridden on this past week, not to mention the endless ebb and flow of fortune around the world, has a verse from Ecclesiastes ringing in my ears: A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever.

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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

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The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year. Marybeth Lima tells her birding and personal stories in straightforward, honest language that never skimps on detail (sometimes a bit too much detail) but never overflows on emotion.

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Happy Global Big Day from Costa Rica!

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Go to political rallies to get your emotions manipulated by potent, practiced con-artists? Today, it’s time to celebrate that combination of magic, obsession, and passion once again with the 2016 Global Big Day! If you live in the northern hemisphere, of course there isn’t! No, everyone should be out birding.

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Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth – A Film Review

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The best moments are when the film simply lets the images do the work and we watch the eagles soar, hunt, and take care of their nest and their totally adorable eaglet, composer David Majzlin’s original music echoing our emotions of wonder. Personally, I would prefer simply the sounds of the rainforest.) Tampos, G., & Salvador, D.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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The 26 essays in When Birds Are Near are all about the real-life and emotional spaces where people overlap with birds. Donald Kroodsa’s “The Hour (or Two) Before the Dawn” is an adapted chapter from his book Listening to a Continent Sing (PUP, 2016).

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Jochen’s Top 10 birds of 2016

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The year 2016 was not a particularly birdy year for me, mostly because I didn’t get to go on business trips to Indonesia or Kazakhstan, as was frequently the case during the last few years. I did not see any lifers whatsoever in 2016, making it my first lifer-free year since around 2010. 1, my best bird of the year… 10.

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

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She is one of the best nature writers I’ve encountered in recent years, able to paint experiences with emotional immediacy. Rocky Mountain Books, July 2016. Published by Rocky Mountain Books, a small Canadian publishing company, this is an author and a book that deserves a readership beyond Canadian borders. by Caroline Fox.

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