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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

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And so, Fuller embarked on a new initiative—locating and researching photographs of lost birds and, expanding his scope, of mammals. Some were taken of birds and mammals in zoos or aviaries, others were taken in the wild, often in remote places. more than there really was to see!” (p. The photographs span the years 1870 to 2004.

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The Passenger Pigeon & A Message From Martha: One Pigeon, Two Book Reviews

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We have photographs and newspaper obituaries of Martha, the last living Passenger Pigeon, who died after a lifetime in captivity, mostly in the Cincinnati Zoo. We have a lot of source material. What is amazing is that each of these three books is very different in content and tone. journey, written up in diary format.

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Panama Trip Report: April 2017

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Any dedicated birder visiting Panama City should first consider the Canopy Tower , one of the most important and beloved birding lodges in the Americas. Most hotels in Panama are at least a little run-down, but research suggested that the Radisson Summit Hotel and Golf Panama offered everything a family could want at a surprisingly low cost.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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Strangely, the photo accompanying the Wikipedia entry on Collared Finchbills , Asian birds, was taken at Cincinnati zoo. I wonder what Americans would think if, in a Wikipedia entry, a Bald Eagle would be illustrated using a photo taken at an Albanian zoo. Most scientific research really just proves the obvious.

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