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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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I particularly recommend this book to students minoring in biology, ecology, environmental and veterinary sciences: Putnam’s clearly written and easy to understand style is sure to explain the complex concepts without relying on hard to decipher terminology. Brewer’s blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus. Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

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This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. Tintaya’s woodpeckers also nicely feature tree (and cactus!) The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book.

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Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World–A Book Review

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It is also about Chris’s personal history: his boyhood in suburban Long Island, college years at Harvard and the struggle to come out, ‘nerdy’ passions beyond birding–namely science fiction books and films, career highs at Marvel Comics, travels to foreign countries, and his complicated relationships with his parents.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

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African Gray Woodpecker – Chloropicus goertae. Smoky-brown Woodpecker – Dryobates fumigatus. Golden-olive Woodpecker – Colaptes rubiginosus. Golden-crowned Woodpecker – Chloropicus xantholophus. Brown-eared Woodpecker – Campethera caroli. Hairy Woodpecker – Dryobates villosus.

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 07 Jan 2018. 06 Jan 2018. 09 Jan 2018.

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Collaborative List – March 2018

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Red-crowned Woodpecker – Melanerpes rubricapillus. Red-rumped Woodpecker – Veniliornis kirkii. Pygmy Woodpecker – Dendrocopos kizuki. ???–?????? Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. White-headed Woodpecker – Picoides albolarvatus. Saladero Lodge. 23 Mar 2018. 23 Mar 2018.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Syrian Woodpecker – Dendrocopos syriacus. White-backed Woodpecker – Dendrocopos leucotos. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker – Celeus castaneus. Blond-crested Woodpecker – Celeus flavescens. Black-backed Woodpecker – Picoides arcticus. Gray-and-buff Woodpecker – Hemicircus concretus.

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