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Heermann’s Gull: Near Threatened

10,000 Birds

The magnificent view from the Cliff House includes the Seal Rocks just offshore. It’s all of the things I learn about different birds from researching to write posts. If you want to learn a lot about bird species, I find “Birds of North America Online” the best resource on the net. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUBX_tlHySc.

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A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia: A Book Review by a Penguin Groupie

10,000 Birds

The descriptions of the territory’s birds, seals, whales, introduced mammals, invertebrates, and plants are written within the framework of the conversationist, so it is more than a field guide, it is a record of endangered wildlife and the efforts being made to protect it. Surprisingly, South Georgia is not all ice and snow.

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Frogs and Toads of the World: A Book Review by a Fairy Tale Junkie

10,000 Birds

And, I started daydreaming about encountering something a little different, maybe a Horned Frog, Ceratophrys cornuta, a large, squat green and brown frog of South America, with a wide mouth large enough to eat other frogs as well as reptiles. A book about all the frogs and toads of the world is an ambitious undertaking.

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