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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The book is richly illustrated with contributions from a group of birders/photographers who were fortunate to see and document many of the vagrants covered. The Family Accounts are also a deeply informational, documented source of information for researchers. 220; Copyright © 2022 Tom Johnson photos p.

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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

10,000 Birds

Possibly the first documentation of a ship-assisted bird in history, undoubtedly sailing off the edge of the world. Of course, this fanciful story had been devised to explain the absence of nests in Europe by this Arctic breeder, but Frederick dismissed it as nonsense.

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