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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Because, as this book demonstrates so well, it is sometimes important to look back in order to move forward. “Wait!”

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General Interest Podcast Episodes for Birders

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His new book is ‘A World on the Wing.’”). Hot Bird Summer (“Every spring, for as long as records have been kept, a crowd of hundreds of black-crowned night herons descend on the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, mating, eating and generally causing a ruckus. Both men contributed to a new book about North American birds.”).

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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

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One of the reasons I enjoy about reviewing books is the opportunity to read titles I wouldn’t ordinarily encounter, not because they aren’t good but because they don’t fall easily into a category. Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller is one of these books. more than there really was to see!” (p.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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He published a number of books on birds of India and Burma, making me wonder how hard all these overseas civil servants really worked in their day jobs. The scientific species name of the Rusty-naped Pitta oatesi honors Eugene William Oates (1845-1911), an English civil servant in India and naturalist. His obituary was published in Nature.

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ZooBorns Cats!

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Get ready to break your “cuteometer” because this little book is packed with adorable baby cats! The Newest, Cutest Kittens and Cubs from the World’s Zoos delivers on what it’s title promises, they really are the cutest kittens and cubs. This book would make the perfect gift for the cat lover in your life.

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Pets Aplenty Blog Tour

4 The Love Of Animals

Pets Aplenty is a humorous book written by Malcolm Welshman, a retired vet who has worked at London Zoo, in a small animal hospital, and as a consultant dealing with exotics. This is actually the third book in his vet series. So, let’s chat about the book! It’s quiet funny, and has a lot of great characters.

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The Hummingbird that Answered My Heart’s Calling by Noelle M. Meade-Izzi

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That said, the book contains little that is likely to impress the seasoned birder. This is a shame, because were the text less verbose, I could see the book appealing to a younger audience with more patience for the basic, the obvious, and the odd passage of imaginary dialogue between birds. Reviews book review hummingbirds'

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