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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus: A Field Guide Review

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It’s a masterful example of how scientific illustration can inform and be enjoyable to look at, and I’d love to have these plates in mini card form to carry around with me when I visit California. The list of Useful Websites is still short but has one noteworthy addition–Surfbirds. ” A fantastic idea!

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The ABA’s 50th Anniversary and Information: From Scarce to Abundant

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The Lab operates All About Birds , which has free and authoritative information on identification and bird biology, as well as Birds of North America. My impression is that most young birders are eBirders, a trend that will surely continue due to its convenience, accessibility, and contribution to science.

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A Stick! A Bird! A Tree!–Books on Nature for Parents & Kids

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Here are three recent titles, one for the parents of very young children, one for primary school children and their parents, and one for residents of a specific geographic area–Los Angeles County. Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles. © Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County.

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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees–A Field Guide Review

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I was puzzled why the authors decided to include Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Pine Flycatcher, and Tufted Flycatcher, species that have extremely limited range in North America. Lee is also a geochemist and professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University, Houston.