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Birding Shanghai in December 2023

10,000 Birds

But not in Europe either. Red-throated Pipits -when photographed – of course should prominently display their red throat – otherwise what is the use of this aggressive branding of their most characteristic feature? When Reed Parrotbill s go on family outings, they usually just climb up reeds. Not an in-vitro photo.

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Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould

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These images are a wonderful cross-section of Gould’s best work, pulling from books on Toucans, birds of Australia, Trogons, Europe, and Darwin’s Voyage of H.M.S. All of Elizabeth’s birds were drawn from skins, though the Birds of Europe images benefitted from her observations of real live birds.

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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.

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

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Besides the urgent need to identify my dragonflies, I was interested in hands-on experience using these field guides. There are many more British species that resemble ours, but belong to different subfamilies or even families. High Brown Frit belongs to the Argynnis family and Variegated Frit is part of the Speyeria family.

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