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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. Using the icons to locate specific bird families takes a little getting used to, but if you do it often it works well as a finding tool.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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Years of follow-up research conducted by one of Earthwatch’s principal investigators on the Tambopata Macaw project, Dr. Don Brightsmith, shows, however, that within the study area of the clay lick the birds tend to choose the soil with the highest sodium content over soils that are best for neutralizing toxins.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 1)

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Location, location, location – some practical advice for River Lapwings aiming to have a family: “ River Lapwing nests on open, unvegetated river banks achieved significantly greater nesting success than those in crop fields” ( source ). Please bear with us while this update takes place.” Or something like that.

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