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“The (Big) Year that Flew By: Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding Record”

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Brazil posed an enormous challenge logistically, so Arjan decided to include in the itinerary only the southeastern corner of the Amazon rainforest near Alta Floresta, a brief visit to the Pantanal, and to concentrate on the southern part of the Atlantic rainforest, where most of the endemic species occur.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales.

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Life Along The Delaware Bay: A Book Review

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I also did not understand the centrality of the Delaware Bay to shorebird migration, how timing and geographic design and water quality and tidal streams, the rich salt marshes and protected beaches combine to make this specific area of New Jersey and Delaware “The Most Important Stopover of the Western Hemisphere.”

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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Such is the story of his visit to Senhor Jonas D’Abronzo, whose home, at the end of that long, muddy, undulating track outside Ubatuba, Brazil, is also home to the Festive Coquette, a near-threatened species with a limited range along the southeast coast of Brazil. Jonas D’Abronzo.

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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Guano Still Collected in Peru Counting Birds: Will Microphones Replace Nets? Share Your Thoughts « The Bluebird by John Burroughs Don’t Forget the Birds of Brazil Giveaway » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Thanks for visiting! The proposal from U.S.

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Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

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I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

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He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. That’s pretty much the reaction of anybody hearing this for the first time.