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The “Rufa” Red Knot is now protected under the Endangered Species Act

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One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States. Red Knot in non-breeding plumage. migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada.

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

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A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. The first, Field Guide to the Birds of Trinidad & Tobago, was published by Christopher Helm in London in 2007 and then published in the United States in 2008 by Yale University Press.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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The New York Times obituary cited the series (and Steiner’s other books, but it was the series that made money) as reshaping the publishing industry in the United States.**. The National Audubon Society Birds of North America covers all species seen in mainland United States, Canada and Baja California.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

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One of these days, Jeopardy will feature a category called “Field Guides” and the first clue will be: “This landlocked South American country finally got its own bird field guide in 2016, but it wasn’t available in the United State until 2019.” Distribution maps are also different from other field guides.

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The Compact Australian Bird Guide: A Field Guide Review

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I had heard about this book before my trip, but it had not been published in the United States or Europe yet. North & South America publishing info (from catalog): Princeton Univ. The Compact Guide (which I’m going to call this book for convenience) weighs less than one pound is 4.8 2023, ISBN: 9780691245492.

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