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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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edited by the Pasadena Audubon Society, with illustrations by Catherine Hamilton and photographs by many, are two very different books. How do you craft a description of a common bird like American Robin that’s unique, especially when you’re writing the 19th book of a series?

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This Week in Bird(ing) News: Orange Is the New Beak, and a Dead Parrot (No Joke!)

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Then you’ll want to check out this new book. The last-of-its-kind bird that may have inspired the animated movie Rio is an ex-parrot. The first bird feathers may have been for showiness more than transportation. Also in Australia, Bell Miner Birds may be damaging forests. Planning on birding Kenya?

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Ugandan Birding for Businessmen

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Regardless, my suitcase always has binoculars and the relevant book for the region. Landing late in the evening made it necessary to book a guest house near the airport and I stayed in Okra House. My cabin had a pair of Grey Parrots in a hollow tree, an Upcher’s Warbler , and a Black-bellied Paradise-flycatcher.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 4)

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Gisela Kaplan has written a book about the species, and how they seem unperturbed by humans: “It’s one of their most successful defense strategies. Lewin’s Honeyeater is named after John Lewin, a British illustrator who after traveling to Australia in 1800 authored the first illustrated book to be engraved and printed in Australia.

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Perth Hills National Parks

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One advantage of camping in a tent is that you can also camp at the Beelu National Park and they have an online booking site , so you can see if sites are available prior to arriving. This is quite important, because it is an educational facility for children and the sites may be booked out for school camp outs. Glen Brook Dam.

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