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

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Copyright @2019 by Louisiana State University Press. 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. Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species.

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Paradise Regained

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Since it was the first link in this chain, Pino Real was where I met many of Michoacán’s flagship species. As I look back at my eBird species list, it is astonishing how many of my lifers were first seen there. By 2019, I couldn’t take it any more, and I stopped visiting Pino Real. That chain continues to this day.

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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Myers, a professional birding guide in “real life,” summarizes the etymology and history of all common bird names (of bird families and groups, not all 10,000-plus species). The guide covers 265 of Maine’s 461 bird species: common nesting species, common migrants, and wintering birds.

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Saving Jemima and Julie: a Book Review

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As she has done for many years and with more than twenty species, she adopted a baby bird, a blue jay. September 2019, $25. The latest and delightfullest in this genre is Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay. To readers and to baby birds, its author, Julie Zickefoose, is a treasure. by Julie Zickefoose. 5 1/2/X 8 3/4.

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Sniping: The Final Frontier?

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Out of the approximately 26 species of snipes worldwide, two have been recorded on Trinidad. The trouble begins with the recognition of the fact that both species of snipe were formerly part of a single species – Common Snipe ( Gallinago gallinago ). It toyed with my emotions for many minutes before it eventually flew off.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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The simple answer is monetary gain, there is a global black market for these items, regardless of the species’ vulnerability for extinction. 2019), and now this book. wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan.

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