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Habitats of the World: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists

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And understanding habitats in detail is essential to any birder who wants to get the most out of his experiences in the field. Also, each major habitat is accompanied by an illustrated climate graph that allows easy comparisons between habitats. Ken Behrens, Charley Hesse, and Phil Chaon are professional nature guides.

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A Survey of U.S. Birders

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birders are rare, so the recent release of a “ National Survey of Birdwatchers: Nationwide and Flyway Comparisons ” is notable. The survey also sought to identify “the key attributes important to birding experiences” and learn more about “decisions to participate in birdwatching and level of identity as birdwatcher.”. Paul, MN 55108.

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Flock to Marion

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This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. Regardless, we made it Marion and all else added to the experience. Salvin’s Prion.

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Community conservation in action – Rotokare

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Run along the same lines as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, the site has had a large fence placed around it and the introduced mammals removed. It’s a model that is now happening across New Zealand, and it was nice to experience it near my friend’s house in Taranaki.

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Things I didn’t know that I didn’t know about British bees

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Steve Falk gives authoritative accounts and Richard Lewington provides the detailed illustrations in the Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland (a British Wildlife Guide published by Bloomsbury ). Finding that certain species have a “Dark Queen” only served to fuel the comparison.

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Bird Photography and Flash

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In comparison here is a hummer in flight taken without flash. Here is one such link: [link] From the information available it seems that it is OK to use flash but I am not so sure from my experiences. This was a Wildlife Photography Tour aimed at hummingbirds.

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Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

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The authors themselves–Rob Hume, Robert Still, Andy Swash, Hugh Harrop, and David Tipling–collectively have 100s of years of birding and photographic experience. I imagine that it’s a product of the authors’ concerns, but I don’t think it contributes to identification skills or knowledge base.

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