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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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(If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. And now we have the third iteration in Audubon’s guide book history: National Audubon Society Birds of North America. I didn’t.). This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

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A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)

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Her narrator is Gabriel, 23, raised in Northern California by an American father and a Uruguayan mother. Yes, that’s right – she adds an epilogue. Despite the consanguinity-thing, Gabe and Alejandra move to California, where everything is euphoria and post-doctoral fellowships. “We

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Western and Clark’s Grebes: Poetry in Motion

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We are fortunate in Northern California to have four lakes that support 76% of the total number of nesting grebes in California 1. Eagle Lake, Lake Almanor and Clear Lake have all been identified as Audubon California Important Bird Areas (IBA), meaning that they provide essential habitat for breeding, wintering, and migrating birds.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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such as California Condors and Passenger Pigeons. Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds.

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Climate Change and Birds

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The eastern Yucatan and the corresponding regions (with respect to sea and air temperature) of western Mexico and Central America are very different in their geological configuration and other features. Well, imagine raising the sea level 20 meters (and yes, that is more than a little bit possible).

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My Favorite Release

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August arrived and I was releasing birds knowing they’d need time to adapt prior to making that long flight across the Gulf of Mexico, headed to South America. But lets see … I’d say one of my most memorable releases is that of a Purple Martin , a species of special concern in California. So gorgeous!

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Birding Villahermosa’s Urban Parks

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Being a westerner — raised in California, and now living in western Mexico — I was perhaps most excited about the migratory birds that breed in eastern North America. I’m happy to say that the ones right on the other side of a low wall were not so large. Then, around 4:00 p.m., I liked their attitude.

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