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Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould

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It’s a clunky system that only works IF you know the full name of the bird you are researching. The Bibliography is a useful listing of original Gould publications (by both Elizabeth and John) and secondary publications, though they don’t include material by Melissa Ashley, an Australian writer and researcher, Alexandra K.

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A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

10,000 Birds

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

10,000 Birds

October 23 2017: I read the text message confirming that there is indeed a Common Greenshank at Edwin B. Take a look and listen to the ABA podcast and blog, where Nate Swick and I discuss Best Bird Books of 2017 and list our Top Five. Looks exactly the same at first until you notice brand-new images of the kite in flight.