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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Interestingly, Chestnut-collared Longspur does appear under its brand-new official name, Thick-billed Longspur, though the description underneath uses the old name. Using the icons to locate specific bird families takes a little getting used to, but if you do it often it works well as a finding tool. ” These are all great.

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

And, the One-page Index, a quick reference to locating major bird families, is placed in two locations–the front and the back of the book. Then again, try explaining to a new birder why falcons come after woodpeckers and before parrots! Family groups are briefly introduced with descriptions of their shared characteristics.

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Corporate Branding of Birds for Conservation: A Modest Proposal

10,000 Birds

No brand recognition at all.” ” Glancing at the man who’d interrupted, I remembered exactly how his family first made their money and decided to move ahead quickly. And he does already have an entire genus of parrots named after his company for free.” “Exactly! And it has to be called something.

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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Most of the species are described in the Species Accounts, arranged taxonomically into 86 family chapters. Each family chapter begins with a brief, bold-printed description of the common traits of the species in the family and an enumeration of the number of species worldwide and the number of species in North America.