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Birding Under the Influence: A Book Review

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This added layer elevates Birding Under the Influence: Cycling Across America in Search of Birds and Recovery from a book of fun birding and travel adventures to a more complex memoir about the ways in which birding spurs self-reflection, motivates life change, feeds a need for wonder, and creates community. This is a smartly written book.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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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. Endangered Species List, giving it free reign to wander and populate North America in ever increasing numbers, including a nest on the ledge of the U.S.

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314 U.S. Bird Species Threatened — Many with Extinction — by Global Warming

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Like any birder visiting a new place, I had a target species list I was hoping to seek out during the one day I had available between business commitments. The climatic changes set in motion by the Industrial Revolution are now proceeding at a pace far greater than many species and ecosystems can adapt to naturally.

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A New Year Begins! But First–A Celebration of My 2018 Top Ten Birds

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And, because of a special family event (see below), I happened to be in Los Angeles County over the Thanksgiving holiday. Whooping Crane is not listed as a “sensitive species” for Florida, and there are reports for other locations in the area. ” [[link]. An eBird mystery. I also noted that the U.S.

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