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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

And the book is about much more, ripple effects from what happens when part of a living thing becomes the central ingredient to a highly visual, social, profitable business. As a librarian and women’s studies scholar, I greatly appreciate the research. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret!

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

10,000 Birds

There is a long list of articles and books on how to feed birds in your yard. So, I was happy to see the publication of a book on all aspects of wild bird feeding—history, culture, and economics. It is a serious book with a friendly attitude. There was cleaning, lots of cleaning of feeders and yard. And squirrels.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

10,000 Birds

Steve, another member of our birding group, also had a field guide by Kenefick, Restall, and Hayes, but his was bordered in GREEN, had a slightly different title, and, to my extreme chagrin, was much more recent, showing the recently split Trinidad Motmot instead of the Blue-crowned Motmot on my book’s cover. I was confused.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

10,000 Birds

The Pough & Eckelberry guides (add in artist Earl L Poole who did black-and-white drawings for the later titles) were notable for Pough’s discursive text and Eckelberry’s lovely painted portraits, and many older birders have stories about how they were inspired by these books. This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

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Top 5 Ways to Pet Proof Your Home

4 The Love Of Animals

In some homes, jumping on that brand new kids furniture , will be a major no, while other pet owners won’t mind giving their pets free reign. Take the time to research plants that are poisonous to your pet and make sure you remove them. One of the best ways to pet proof your home is by training your pet to be his own enforcer.

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Birds of Malaysia – Covering Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo and Singapore

10,000 Birds

Most of such bird tours are branded “Borneo”, without ever mentioning the name of the country in the name of the tour. With some updates based on subsequent research, “Birds of Malaysia” taxonomically follows the “HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World”.

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Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould

10,000 Birds

When I saw that a book had been published about her, I ordered it even though it’s an oversized art book (some would say coffee table book), a type of book I seldom buy or read. This is NOT an image from the book. And I’m so happy I did. and died 15 August 1841.

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