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A great week for Wood-Warblers

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I did not get to appreciate all that America had to offer for the birder until I returned with my husband, Grant, in 1989. Our first shopping trip when we arrived in Florida was to buy a field guide and that afternoon we thought we had a soft drink can sitting on a fence-you know the brand-no, it’s not that…it’s a cardinal!

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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Yes, it’s nice to have information on 817 birds, and it’s wonderful to have full descriptions and photographs of birds commonly seen in Central and South America. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. Hopefully, future editions of the Audubon guide will do the same. SPECIES ACCOUNTS.

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Margaret A.

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

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The bird illustrations in the third edition are brand new, updated by a group of eight artists working under the direction of John P. The artwork in my edition of Birds of Northern South America is much more intense in color. O’Neill, the original illustrator and funded by the Asa Wright Nature Center.

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