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The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

And, if the first book in the series, the American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey by Rick Wright (author) and Brian E. As a birder who frequently birds New Jersey (and sometimes works and lives there), I am so happy that New Jersey is ABA state number one! Well, in the series.)

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Ground Zero Hero

4 The Love Of Animals

Sarah Atlas is a search-and-rescue dog handler, one of many civilian volunteers who serve with New Jersey Task Force 1. They were to be deployed to Ground Zero with 200 other members of New Jersey Task Force 1, including structural engineers and medical workers, as well as other search-and-rescue people. Lautenberg.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America: A Review by a Sparrow Fan

10,000 Birds

So, I was very excited when I heard that Rick Wright was writing a book about sparrows, the first treatment of North American sparrows since 2001, possibly the first book about sparrows of North America, depending on your definition of that geographic area. Read the Introduction! Field Identification.

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Come See Birds and…Everything

10,000 Birds

Birders are almost by definition interesting and interested people, and those interests—even if they don’t push birding completely out of mind—range widely. Admittedly, birds and birding may dominate our thoughts and our activities when we happen not to find ourselves dealing with the everyday.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching: A Review by an Aspiring Seawatcher

10,000 Birds

The focus is on “groups of birds that are often observed in diurnal migration.” Also, because The Shorebird Guide already covers this group so completely.) Each section is composed of a ‘group introduction’ followed by individual species accounts. The group introduction of each section expands on these topics.

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