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The Bird Way: A Book Review

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It was a pleasure to make these observations at the same time I was reading The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think , Jennifer Ackerman’s new book about the diversity and complexity of bird behavior.

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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

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Groups them by family too and by their shape” His extra long arm extended and passed me that precious book. ” Ever the skilled craftsman, Fred had personalized the tome with Velcro and a supple leather book strap. One such surprising experience happened with grouse. “Check it out!” Bushwacking?

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So, I’m Writing a Field Guide

10,000 Birds

The book I am writing is the New York edition in the new series of American Birding Association field guides. All three of those authors have far more experience than I do and the upcoming releases for next spring, California and Pennsylvania, are written by authors just as illustrious! Inspiration books field guide New York'

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Who Doesn’t Like Birds, Tigers, or the Taj Mahal?

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You’ve probably enjoyed shopping for the birders in your life, carefully choosing amazing optics , books , apps , or assorted gifts to impress female friends. In my mind, nothing beats traveling to memorable destinations to experience the grandeur of both human culture and natural beauty.

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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. The resulting book, 616 pages in length, 6.4

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Review: The Moral Lives of Animals by Dale Peterson

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Unfortunately, by the nature of the problem, the history of the young field is littered with examples of researchers allowing their subconscious biases — or worse, their conscious ones — to influence how they read the data.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences? Tika and her longtime mate, Kobuk, had raised eight litters of puppies together and were enjoying their retirement years in the home of my friend, Anne. by Marc Bekoff. Raven Justice?

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