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

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Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ The checklist of the Louisiana Ornithological Society was at 485 as of August 2020.) ’ What was left to write about? ” I wondered.

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

10,000 Birds

Indeed, most of what we knew about Emperor Penguins before Kooyman’s research expeditions was about their breeding behavior and physiology. 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.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. I do occasional rescues, though, because everyone still has my number. 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). ISBN: 0578612003.