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

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Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition by Karl B. McKnight is not totally new, it’s a revision of A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America (Peterson Field Guides) b y Kent H. and Canada, including some species as far north as Alaska, an increase over the 500 species covered in the first edition.

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LISTEN TO THE BIRDS: A KidLit Bird Book Review

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The book’s structure is brilliant—Kroodsma divides the book into two sections: a dawn walk in Eastern North America, and a second walk in Western North America. Along with the animation and song, the app gives a bit of information on each bird, their scientific name, and a link to a sonogram to replay the song.

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Birding Southeastern Washington (McNary NWR)

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Few areas in North America support such dense concentrations of waterfowl; more than half the mallards in the Pacific Flyway overwinter at some time in this portion of the Columbia River Basin. There were many other species of waterfowl, including a large number of Ruddy Ducks. (My My eBird checklists are here and here.)

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation by Paul J. The growth of community bird feeding programs in the 1920’s, for example, is shown to be rooted in post-World War I America prosperity–more spending money, more time, and (this is the part I like) the availability of cheap grain. And conservation.

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A Most Remarkable Book

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It involves plate tectonics; and the separation of North America from South America and their eventual reconnection; and the end of the Cretaceous Era thanks to a big asteroid, and the movements of animals, including humans, in response to all of those things. Knopf, New York, $30 (U.S.); $40 (Canada).

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bob White

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Despite their foreign origin, introduced gamebirds in North America seem to enjoy a better reputation among birders than other nonnative birds. And because of the resemblance they bear to their New World cousins in the family Phasianidae , they even look the part of an “authentic” wild bird in North America.

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Rename All Birds Named After White People

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Prior to serving in the Confederacy, Driver notes, McCown played leading roles in genocidal campaigns against indigenous peoples on the US-Canada border and against the Seminoles in Florida.

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