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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. It does seem like the order is concurrent with the 61st Supplement, which came out in 2020, but Northwestern Crow is included as a full species. I didn’t.). PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Gang-gang Cockatoos-a Christmas wish!

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Whilst observing the Southern Emu-wrens a White-fronted Chat flew into view and landed on some raised vegetation! It was a beautiful day and there is a camping ground right on the foreshore. All the best to you and your family for good health and good birding in 2020! Two new birds for 2019 just like that!

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guideā€“A Book Review

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In what has become the modern-day traditional method of organization, species are listed and described on the left-hand page and illustrative plates are on the right. Each species is numbered, with the numbers referring to the illustrations on the right. This unfortunately happens with the large Tanager (Thraupidae) family here.

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What Itā€™s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

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copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. Each spread consists of a full-page painting of a bird or group of birds on the left and a combination of text and illustrations on the right. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

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A little further, thereā€™s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. From 2020 to 2022, that figure was lower, about 500 animals per year, but is it because of better safety measures or fewer and consequently harder to locate quarries? Sniffing us.

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The Secrets of my Success

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All right, I’ll admit it. I’m feeling pretty good about myself right now. And I found this one because he was singing his heart out quite persistently, which certainly suggests a bird that wants to settle down and raise a family. 2020 yielded a single sighting; 2019, two; 2018, four. It means something.

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ā€˜Tis the Season: Notable Bird Books (and Booze and Binoculars) of 2020

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Here are some of our favorites published during 2020, with links to our full reviews (or bookseller site), and the name of the reviewer. Compared even to other Swarovski bins (such as the ELs, on the right of the photo), the NLs can make birds appear somehow ā€œmoreā€ of themselves, larger than life, with the details more striking.

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