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A Stick! A Bird! A Tree!–Books on Nature for Parents & Kids

10,000 Birds

Targeted for children 4 to 8 years old, the book offers a variety of activities aimed at encouraging children to observe, document, and learn about birds, their habitats and their behavior. : 52 Ways to Wonder, Wander, and Explore Birds with Kids the latest. © 2019 Jennifer Ward, © 2019 Alexander Vidal. How many birds do you see?

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

10,000 Birds

Approximately one million hunters annually harvest more than 20 million Mourning Doves , which exceeds the annual harvest of all other migratory game birds combined 3. On federal wildlife refuges and many states’ wildlife management areas, non-toxic shot is required when hunting all game birds.

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

10,000 Birds

It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. Flight Paths is a splendid but risky title for a book about bird migration.

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Taking on Turkeys

10,000 Birds

A recent news story (OK, the word “news” is stretched here, as it’s more of a roundup of local “turkeys on the rampage” stories) documents close encounters of the nasty kind between wild turkeys and humans, from Massachusetts to Wisconsin to California. But what to do when the turkey fights back?

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Year of the Eagle

10,000 Birds

While these adults were not banded, it is well documented that Bald Eagles are monogamous and return to the same nest each year. It really looked like a game of tag. As the weaker juvenile became stronger, its flight mentor stepped up the game, though I didn’t realize it at first.

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

10,000 Birds

It is a documented fact that many predatory criminals begin young and focus on the animals who can’t escape them. Emboldened by the averted gazes, the excuses by the adults in their lives, the legal bargains and wrist slaps, they set their sights on increasingly bigger game. What about people who are kind and decent and obey the law?

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The Catbird Seat

10,000 Birds

The voice of the Cards was the legendary Jack Buck, only the finest play by play man in Major League Baseball (though I’m not so partisan to admit that the great Vin Scully comes close).

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