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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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There is a photo of him caring for a White-chinned Sapphire in the book, the only human pictured in Dunn’s 16-page collection of hummingbird photographs, and it is inspiring. I would also love to have more documentation of the many books, articles, research points, and stories that Dunn relates, at the very least a list of sources.

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You Gotta Fight When You Think it’s the Right Thing to Do

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Paving of the road across the Reva Pond started and was abandoned several months later: only the sidewalk was paved. You can probably understand the disappointment of a herpetologist friend of mine when he discovered that his very research transect was now paved. Yet, the site is quite ruined. I’d rather not discuss my disappointment.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. Like many others, this village was totally abandoned and only recently repopulated, with a current population of only 18 people. At the same time, a Peregrine Falcon flies across the valley.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations. They wrote books and published research. Remove Phragmites and replace it with cattails.