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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition (and which may remind some people of a Nora Ephron essay). They mimic snakes, a claim to fame that goes all the way back to Aristotle’s History of Animals.

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Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

To get an idea of how many mushroom species are around us, in 2018, the journal Mycologia published a checklist of North American fungi. They have symbiotic relationships with plants and trees and assist with the decomposition of dead plants and animals. For example, recent studies have determined is closer to animals than plants.