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“The (Big) Year that Flew By: Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding Record”

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After 3 months of South and Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Australia, Arjan’s count stood at 2,060 species. The (Big) Year that Flew By has about 250 pages consisting mostly of a random collection of readable field snippets describing encounters with more exciting birds. As I carry only hand luggage, I’m very limited in my choices.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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’ Ironically, this is from Birds of Australia , which scholars and art historians suspect was more Elizabeth’s work than John’s.*. There are two subjects which I think could have been explored more thoroughly–women in ornithological history and colonialism. Birkhead knows that these are sensitive topics.

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Collaborative List – April 2017

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Redgannet collects up all the data and reports back on the first Saturday of each month. 9 countries/territories/special administrative areas/principalities/kingdoms were represented in April’s statistics; Costa Rica, Australia, Mexico, United States, Serbia, Hong Kong, Panama, Kuwait and UK. Western Australia. 13 Jan 2017.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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Contributions this month have come from; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Mexico, Serbia, South Africa, UK, Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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Combined Beats’ List – August

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The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint account. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia.

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Combined Beats’ list

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During last month, beat lists have been shared from Mexico, Australia, Nigeria, Costa Rica, Russia, UK, Canada and USA. The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint accont. Western Australia.

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Combined Beats’ List – July 2016

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The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint accont. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia.

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