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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

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Producing a book about birds and nesting is a dangerous business. Second, reading about birds courting and parenting brings out the tendency to identify, which leads directly to anthropomorphism, the tendency to assign birds human emotions and thoughts. Some people love books like that. And of eggs and nests and birds on nests.

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Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth – A Film Review

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Bird of Prey (not to be confused with the upcoming comic book film Birds of Prey ) tells the story of the Philippine Eagle in layers of time and place. Today, we know a little more, such as the fact that an eagle couple produces one egg every two years, but numbers remain low, too low. 1980’s Filmstrip, photo by Eric Liner.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. 2019), and now this book. The book is structured cinematically. Author Joshua Hammer.

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

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The opening beautifully encapsulates the essence of the book. This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. It’s a small group of 10 to 12 researchers and crew members, and Fox is the sole person responsible for the bird surveys.

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Beautiful Blue Backyard Bird

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Take a look at this little Blue Tit and admit that you have never seen a more pathetic picture of a bird that combines the colours blue, yellow, green, white, and black in the most marvellous way you have ever seen: Recent research has shown that Leonardo da Vinci showed a Blue Tit to his model while he painted the smile on “Mona Lisa&#.

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