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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

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The Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America was my first field guide, part of an ‘introduction to birding’ workshop taught by the incomparable Starr Saphir. The Accounts present text on the left and images on the right. A Little Bit of Field Guide History. The text pages have a lively look.

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Birding By Impression: A Book Review

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Experienced birders can identify birds using GISS; all birders can identify birds if they adopt the BBI approach. There Is No Left Brain/Right Brain Divide by Stephen M. So say Kevin T. Traditional bird identification, a reliance on plumage details expressed verbally, is a left-brain, analytic activity. Kosslyn and G.

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Birding Sarajevo or the sentimental journey home

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The series of birding workshops and meetings continued across the map, through Ulcinj, Montenegro, then Samobor, Croatia and Stip (described here ), North Macedonia, leading to Brussels, the unofficial capital of EU. Right: Water Pipits landing on my car and sliding down the windscreen. The scorching sun was right above my head.

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