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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. The drawing on the left is from 1714, the one on the right is the result of Birkhead’s own dissection. There’s the Neolithic era; Ancient Egypt (bird mummies!);

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Review: National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America

10,000 Birds

My birding adventures this week, while Western, were far from Interior (three words for you: Black-bellied Whistling Duck ). Hess also, to my pleasure, includes a few pages on citizen science projects like The Great Backyard Bird Count, and encourages his readers to share their new-found knowledge with friends and family.