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Collaborative list – August 2019

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eBird have applied their new taxonomy as of July/August 2019. In publishing the most current thinking, eBird have become the month’s biggest contributor to the life list, expanding it by 7 brand new species and pushing it to 3774. Today it stands at 2019 , but watch this space! 03 Aug 2019. 15 Aug 2019.

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Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould

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A two-page portrait of Cuban Trogon is next, its blue, green, red, and white plumage shining, then a two-page depiction of three Ruffs in male summer, male winter, and female plumage, and finally the Galapagos Short-eared Owl on the alert, facing the title page. This is NOT an image from the book. A little late, but very well done.

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Mastering Bird Photography: A Book Review by an Amateur Bird Photographer

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You will need to know enough about your Olympus or Sony or other brand of camera to know how to translate the settings info into your camera’s vocabulary. Rocky Nook, 2019 (eBook December 2018; paperback March 2019). Photography & Ethics & Me. by Marie Read. Paperback: 340 pages; 10 x 8 inches.

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

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When you review the system, it makes perfect sense: falcons are placed with hawks, nightjars are next to owls, and grebes are close to ducks, rather than separated from them by quail and grouse. Species Accounts names and species have been updated to all changes up to the 2019 American Ornithological Society Supplement.