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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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A lot of this material is in her earlier book, Condors in Canyon Country, published by the Grand Canyon Association in 2007, now out-of-print (though available used). Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections. My only wish is that the book included photographs.

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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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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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

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Journeys With Penguins: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin is a different type of penguin book. It’s all about the improbable intersection of human beings and Emperor Penguins, and if I can’t make it to an Emperor Penguin colony (highly unlikely), reading this book has been the next best thing. Author Gerald L.

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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

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The few bird books I was given as a kid that described it made it sound horrible: birds are kept in closets in complete darkness, they are starved to bond them to their masters, they never know true freedom again. When you see a falconer transporting their bird or walking with a group, the bird might be in a dark crate or hooded.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 4)

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“A reading of recent research shows that Australian birds are more likely than most to eat sweet foods, live in complex societies, lead long lives, attack other birds, and be intelligent and loud.” ” (Tim Low, “Where Song Began”). While this may sound attractive at first, it also covers highly immoral behavior.

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Hong Kong Trip Report: February 2014

10,000 Birds

David Diskin has authored or co-authored a slew of books, including Birding Hong Kong: A Site Guide , The Avifauna of Hong Kong , Hong Kong Nature Walks: The New Territories , and Hong Kong Nature Walks: Kowloon, Hong Kong and Outlying Islands. And even though transportation is so easy and inexpensive, prepare to walk a lot.

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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A great-great nephew of Senator McLean, Greeley spent three years researching and writing this book. Greeley has a historian’s instincts, perhaps stemming from his training as an archivist (though he ended up, he says vaguely, in business and market research). McLean, Birdman of the Senate from their local libraries.