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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

10,000 Birds

Flight Paths is a splendid but risky title for a book about bird migration. It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

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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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The theft of some “dead birds” captures his imagination, and by the end of the book we’ve traveled with him around the world as he talks to famous fly tiers,* the Tring police, and Rist himself, seeking for the truth behind the story. Seriously, this book is crying out for a movie treatment!). Frustrated with the U.S.

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The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide, Dogs!

4 The Love Of Animals

The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: Dogs (Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guides) is an awesome resource for all dog owners. If you have a dog, you need this book! The great information just goes on and on, it’s hard to believe that it’s a pocket sized book, but it is! Tags: books giveaways.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

I know he's a conservationist, therefore I know he will advocate for "managing" the "resources" that are sentient nonhumans. And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources." That depends largely on us, our priorities, and our allocation of resources.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

10,000 Birds

” Compassionate conservation describes an emerging field of interest which Bekoff describes in his book Rewilding Our Hearts : “Compassionate conservation has become a popular new phrase and mind-set over the past few years, one that has increasingly informed global efforts to conserve species and restore ecosystems.

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Avian Quiz – March 11, 2011

10,000 Birds

The single resource for today’s quiz is a book I just purchased. It is not a new book, about 6 years old. Here are the clues that I have gleaned from this new book: 1. This identification is usually a no-brainer. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! 3. But not while flying.

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