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Mastering Bird Photography: A Book Review by an Amateur Bird Photographer

10,000 Birds

You will need to know enough about your Olympus or Sony or other brand of camera to know how to translate the settings info into your camera’s vocabulary. Composition is composition, suggestions for photographing birds from a car or a boat or in fog apply no matter what camera you are using. Photography & Ethics & Me.

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

10,000 Birds

The 7th edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America covers 1,023 species that reside, migrate, or have been documented as accidentals or exotics in North America. The description includes distinguishing features and documentation dates or specimen records.

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

10,000 Birds

These photographic field guides are lovely to look at and easy to use, providing a variety of tools for species identification. The authors explain the importance of documenting this stage of the life cycle. Though a little larger, at 6-inches x 8-1/2-inches, then pocket-sized, they fit handily into a backpack.

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