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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

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This is the charm of Lima’s book. The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year. The book is structured in a way that made much more sense after I read it than as I was reading it. But, in Chapter Three the book takes on more shape. ” I wondered.

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Wild Mississippi

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In the newest mini-series, Wild Mississippi, viewers will get to see how the Mississippi river can both nurture and destroy. The show covers an entire year along the Mississippi, and shows the many challenges that the wildlife in the area deal with. The premiere miniseries event airs Sunday, February 12, 2012, 8 p.m. –

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Audubon’s Footsteps

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The result is this large and handsome book, an homage, In the Footsteps of Audubon, with exquisite watercolors and entertaining and evocative writing. . His trip to Labrador was the subject of another fine book, Audubon: America’s Greatest Naturalist and His Voyage of Discovery to Labrador, by Peter B.

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Birds of Prey of the East & Birds of Prey of the West: Review of Two Field Guides

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These guides are sequels, updates, and complements to Wheeler’s previous classic books, Raptors of Eastern North America and Raptors of Western North America (PUP, 2003), now out-of-print and fetching prices in three figures on used-book sites. Like most regional bird guides, the Mississippi River is the line of demarcation.

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Why Hawkwatching is So Awesome

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In New York and Connecticut spending hours of my time hawkwatching in all kinds of conditions has allowed me to see some amazing species: Golden Eagle, Sandhill Crane , Mississippi Kite , Gyrfalcon , Yellow-headed Blackbird , Bridled Tern , American White Pelican and White-winged Dove.

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

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For example, take the Mississippi Kite (above), photographed at the Dairy Mart Ponds in Tijuana River Valley, between San Diego and the Mexican border. 5) Here is an obvious one…books. There’s a lot of good, crucial books published since the late 90′s. Let’s get to it then. 6) Taxonomy. 7) Skill level.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching: A Review by an Aspiring Seawatcher

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Written in the tradition of the classic Hawks in Flight , but very much a product of the experiences of its birder authors, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a new way of identifying migratory birds at sea to all of us who observe the waters of eastern North America with expectation and excitement. The book is fairly large (10.4

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