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OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Introduction deals with major habitats (including a box on Important Bird Areas) and planning your visit (covering climate and the best birding seasons, park entrance rules and regulations, finding local guides, booking accommodation and local contacts, especially regular bird walks). Each site gets from 2 to 5 pages (but mostly 3-4).

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

.* So, it’s a good thing that Ediciones Nuevos Mundo, the publishing arm of The Friendship Association, published Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Comprehensive Guide by Nils Navarro, Cuban wildlife artist and naturalist , earlier this year. The book includes lots of space for Notes. and Cuba.). and Contacts.

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AUGUST 4, 2015

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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AUGUST 6, 2019

It’s never too late or too early to buy a children’s book about birds. It’s been a few years since my last roundup of children’s bird books, and children’s book writers, illustrators and publishers continue to produce picture books that feature avian protagonists. First, the board books.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It took me a while to wrap my mind around the concept of Birds and People , Mark Cocker and David Tipling’s book that, in 592 pages, explores the intersection of just that—birds and us. Still, I found it a little disjointing that a book has been written about our relationship with birds. So, I just sit here, amazed at this book.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 212

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JANUARY 2, 2018

He brings to this book an academic background in biology and horticulture and, more importantly, decades of experience developing strategies for the best backyard bird feeding practices. The book is focused on suburban living, with little attention given to the unique challenges of urban bird feeding.

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 172

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JULY 3, 2012

Life Along the Delaware Bay: Cape May, Gateway to a Million Shorebirds , by Lawrence Niles, Joanna Burger, and Amanda Dey, is a book with a mission. The numbers, as detailed in this book, are alarming: the horseshoe crab harvest grew from less than 100,000 in 1992 to over 2.5 million in the late 1990’s. Ah, the photographs!

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

That will be the opening day of the 18th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida. Add to the avifauna an amazing array of speakers, guides, and exhibition booths loaded with optics, books, and everything else that birders want and you can understand why I can’t wait to return. This will change.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

And it looks even better in my hands while I dream about a visit to regions of Brazil I had scarcely heard of before being provided with a review copy of the first volume of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil.* The one major drawback to this book is actually an intended feature and not a glitch.

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DECEMBER 21, 2014

The 18th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival is less than a month away and while we don’t have snow down yet here in New York City I am pretty sick of cold weather and could use some warmth and Florida sunshine! John’s National Wildlife Refuge” trip. I can’t wait to be in Florida!

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Experiments in the field (the famed Asa Wright Nature Center veranda) involving Bananaquits and bananas came up with numbers ranging from 7 to 16, but a tanager always came along to interfere with Bananaquits’ noisy appreciation of their namesake fruit. There are two editions of the Kenefick book, the field guide. I was confused.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

This is a very good thing; it means they publish a lot of books about birds (probably more at this point than U.S. This is a hefty book, 560 pages long and dimensions of 6.3 The book’s organization reflects the authors’ goal of making this a guide accessible to birders of all levels and skill.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Seeing a wild Snow Leopard is every wildlife enthusiast’s dream, probably the ultimate and most elusive wildlife experience on the planet. Peter Matthiessen’s famous book Snow Leopard describes such an attempt that proved ultimately unsuccessful in his primary goal of glimpsing a Snow Leopard.

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JUNE 7, 2012

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. photo by Lynn C.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

There are countless field guides and other birding books, websites, blogs, tour companies, and podcasts. Fish and Wildlife service estimates that there are 16 million “active birders” in the United States, though that figure is likely orders of magnitude too high. Simply put, birding is fundamentally different than it was 50 years ago.

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DECEMBER 9, 2018

Another weekend in the books means that this calendar year is almost over. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Some may feel that 2018 is inching towards its close. Others might fine the pace far more frenetic. Did you make the most of the second weekend of December?

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

This also makes the Arenal Observatory Lodge an ideal location for wildlife observation in Costa Rica. We partner with the best guides in the area to provide unapparelled birding experiences. Even if you choose not to book a tour with them, our guides are always available to help you with any identification questions you may have.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

For example, one of our most popular tours is birdwatching along the world famous Manu Road, crossing an extraordinary range of life zones, from highlands (C**k of the Rock Lodge) to lowlands (Manu Wildlife Center). We also set off for an oxbow lake to search for Hoatzins , which look like rust-colored, punk chickens.

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Peru Chickens Industry Groups 185

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2017

As far back as the late ’70s he’s been entertaining and enlightening birders with his essays and books on the hows and why of birding. The latest from his pen is Birds of Prey , a hybrid between an identification guide and an essay collection, a book of lore that provides a comprehensive overview of the raptors of North America.

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North America Falcons America Eagles 102

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

This non-technical book is a development from a series of lectures, tried and tested in numerous adult education courses given to non-specialists. What I mostly look for in this book is how to understand those behaviours, how to interpret them. How did I know that? “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman.

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APRIL 10, 2016

That’s a win in my book. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a cooperative Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge that contentedly foraged while Corey digiscoped. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. Regardless, we made it Marion and all else added to the experience. Our Flock to Marion was no different.

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JULY 24, 2021

Even so, he still knew many species and always yearned to learn about the wildlife he encountered. 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.

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JULY 4, 2023

I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?

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APRIL 6, 2021

His second book on migration is a tale of many birds and many research studies all connected by the theme of migration and by his thoughtful narrative voice. The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park.

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APRIL 5, 2011

There are some really excellent kids birding books. I love this book because its wonderful to read to my 3-year old but also awesome for my 5-year old to practice his vocabulary and words. The illustrations are really what makes the book, along with a useful identification guide at the end. GAMES AND APPS. RESPECT NATURE.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Penguins are cartoons, emoticons, animated films, children’s books (though owls really take first place here), sports teams, a book publisher, and a Batman villain (a rare example of penguin negativity, though Burgess Meredith did bring an endearing attitude to his 1960’s TV portrayal).

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Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Based on his own experiences teaching ornithology to high school students in California, he believes that high school student often just need the spark of an interesting elective class that fills a graduation requirement. No publisher wants to publish a book that can’t be sold. But once a week, they were “out the door by 8:05 a.m.

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MAY 16, 2017

Plus, I usually bird alone, so sharing the experience with a friend is that much better. ” She was referring to the Checklist of Florida’s Birds , put out by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. As we walked, my friend would periodically exclaim, “That’s a new entry in my checklist!”

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DECEMBER 5, 2015

Birdie books will obviously take precedence, but a well written, lavishly illustrated guide is a thing of beauty whatever the discipline. A book mark was very useful to make the glossary quickly accessible. As an introduction to the world of bees, Steve Falk’s book is captivating and fascinating.

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Ireland United States Game Species 101

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

Third, Hawks in Flight was primarily illustrated by David Sibley’s excellent black-and-white drawings, supplemented with a collection of black-and-white photographs in the back of the book. There really is nothing like this book. A great deal of thought has obviously gone into how Hawks In Flight is made and how it will be used.

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North America Bald Eagle Birds Eagles 222

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Newly surrounded by wildlife, he found his love of birds reignited. In my experience non-birders connect with the travel, visiting beautiful places and spectacle of birding and hawkwatching often entails all three. Identifying hawks in flight isn’t easy, that’s why there are any number of books dedicated solely to it.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Kevin Ebi is a professional nature photographer whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines and books, including National Wildlife , Smithsonian , Outdoor Photographer , and Lonely Planet and Moon travel guides. Year of the Eagle is his third book. To pre-order your copy, visit the site I have set up to promote the book.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Seattle Game 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

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. Apo classroom, learning about their national bird through stories narrated from a huge book and acted out by a huge Philippine Eagle (a costumed adult). “Will you shoot an eagle?”

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Birds 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996).

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

It isn’t in your book of seabirds? (It But, to Elizabeth Gehrman, the author of Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man who Brought it Back from Extinction, and to David Wingate, the man who Gehrman profiles in this excellent book, the Bermuda Petrel is always the cahow. You’ve never heard of the cahow?

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JANUARY 21, 2016

And I need you to vote for me and send me to Antarctica, so I could write wildlife blogs on Adélie Penguins and Leopard Seals. Now you know. Working title: The Only Planet.

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