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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. A small range map is placed in the upper right/left hand corner showing summer, winter, resident, migration, and rare locations. There are advantages to a large book!

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

10,000 Birds

Do not buy these books, unless you are collecting old bird books. Often, as I have been investigating the contents of a nest by making a small hole in the side, the parent birds have come right to the nest, where they immediately begin to repair the damage even before my departure!”. He is now a director of the Phelps Foundation.

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Britain’s Dragonflies & Britain’s Butterflies: A Review of Two Field Guides

10,000 Birds

The where and how of egg laying and larva emergence is briefly treated, with page references to larval drawings at the back of the book. A right-hand sidebar encapsulates basic facts–common or scarce, widespread or endangered, overall length and hindwing length, where to look, observation tips, look-alikes (just a list).

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