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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Even so, he still knew many species and always yearned to learn about the wildlife he encountered. Fast forwarding to Costa Rica, to be honest, you won’t find any grouse around here. The easiest of the wood-quails in Costa Rica is the Spotted Wood-Quail. Bushwacking? Not in this place.

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The Bird Way: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

An accomplished popular science writer, Ackerman started out as a writer and researcher for National Geographic ‘s book division and has since written articles and books on such diverse scientific subjects as heredity, the common cold, dragonflies, and wildlife in Japan.

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