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Birds of Chile – A Photo Guide

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Guiding aside, Howell is a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences and the author of many books, including Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America (Princeton). Birds of Chile – A Photo Guide has 240 pages and more than 1,000 photos accompanied by a brief text to make bird ID easy.

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Fall Migration on Facebook

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This is by no means an exact science. I have Facebook friends and belong to multiple bird related Facebook groups throughout South America. Shorebirds appeared in posts by folks from Peru, Chile and Argentina not from folks from Central America. Some of these birds were being already banded as part of long term studies.

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Bird Books for Children: From Colors & Shapes to Discovering Central Park

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Jenkins has written and illustrated a number of science-based books for children, many with his wife, Robin Page. Illustrator Claudia Dávila comes from Santiago, Chile and writes and illustrates various types of children’s books and graphic novels, many featuring children who need to figure out how to live in an adult world.

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

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Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins. An interesting way of presenting images resulting from a group project; one that makes us think about the subject rather than the creator. I like it, but I also feel frustrated by it.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Entrada Los Chiles (El Parque) hasta Caño Negro. Lassen Volcanic NP–Lost Creek Group Campground. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Eastern Egg Rock. 27 May 2017. Black Guillemot – Cepphus grylle. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park.

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