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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia

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Among travel guides, due to its coverage of nature and birding, recommendation goes to Serbia: The Bradt Travel Guide (6th edition, 2020). Raphael Nussbaumer is a keen ornithologist who enjoys combining his passion for birds with computer science background. Serbia – the big picture. Birding overview. Self-drive tour planning.

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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

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Kooyman was there to work at McMurdo Station (a large American research station that we hear about throughout the book) as technical assistant on a science mission involving fish. They are excellent science writers, patiently explaining the physiological processes involved in deep diving in penguins, seals, and human.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

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This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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And don’t forget, I’m the one coming out of solitude and ready to rejoin humanity in March of 2020. Perch Press (March 24, 2020). So I can’t tell you how not to be distracted, but I’d sure like someone to tell me how not to be obsessive. What titles and/or authors on wildlife do you recommend to 10,000 Birds readers?