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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Weidensaul worked on the first research project in Argentina 24 years ago, and his memories of that time in the pampas are both a baseline for what has happened since, a mini-story in itself, and a tribute to Pete Bloom and Brian Woodbridge, the wildlife biologists who originated the study of Swainson’s Hawks in Butte Valley.

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Best* Bird Books, Binoculars, Bottles** of Booze, and Backpacks of the Bygone Year

10,000 Birds

His in-person accounts of observing Amur Falcons in Nagaland, Spoon-billed Sandpipers in China, Swainson’s Hawks in Butte Valley and Argentina, Kirtland’s Warblers on their wintering grounds in the Bahamas, and the struggle against the slaughter of songbirds in Cyprus are balanced with larger-scope accounts of advances in research technology and new (..)

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