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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 1)

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He also served with the 13th Light Dragoons, fighting with them at Waterloo (though he can only have been about 18 at that point – I guess child protection laws were somewhat lax at that time). Atherton (1797-1827), a naturalist (whatever that means exactly) and a member of the British Army in India.

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When Feeding Birds Runs Amuck

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Feeding birds is generally regarded as a harmless past-time, a wholesome way for people to share nature and enjoy wildlife with the family. The area has a law in place to prevent attracting deer, you can have a bird feeder, but you can’t offer food on the ground. She added more corn. The city of Monticello? Your tax dollars?

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

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My librarian self is partial to a more strict taxonomic organization, but with no hope that the constant shifting of families will end in the near future, this type of sequence is making more and more sense. Noting the rare and vagrant sections in the table of contents or adding specialized index would greatly help accessibility.

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

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Working in an area for which there are few official checklists, no governing taxonomic body, and much new information on species relationships coming in, the authors were faced with a multitude of questions about family sequence, genus arrangements, English common names, and species taxonomy. Co-author Frank E. Species Accounts.

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Our Best Birds of 2020

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We are always content bird-watching around Broome anyway! Luckily I wasn’t affected too severely by the current pandemic: I lost neither life nor family members to Covid, only my job which was replaced the same day I lost it. This year we were fortunate to observe birds in Victoria at the start of the year before all of the lockdowns.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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(I do need to note that a rare error crops up here–LISTSERV is not a generic electronic bulletin board, it is a propriety product owned by a company and the use of the term is protected by trademark law. It’s spelled this way, all caps, because that is the official name.).

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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Written by birders, it underlies a wealth of facts, trends, and events with a consciousness that the more knowledgeable we are about good bird feeding practices, based on history and experience, the more successful bird feeding will be at bringing people to birds and the more people will advocate for effective conservation policies and laws.

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