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The Cry of the Curlew

10,000 Birds

What I didn’t notice until I downloaded my photographs ( above and below ) was the fact that she had been colour ringed, with a red ring on her right leg, and green ring above yellow on her left leg. I managed to photograph the bird on Thetford Heath, an obvious female with her very long beak. Males have noticeably shorter beaks.)

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Seabirds: The New Identification Guide: An ID Guide Review

10,000 Birds

It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. Other families are more complicated and these introductory sections are correspondingly longer and amazingly more detailed. SCOPE & SPECIES ORGANIZATION. Seabirds: The New Identification Guide is an identification guide to seabirds of the world, all of them.

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Avian Quiz Answer – April 29, 2011

10,000 Birds

Life, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. But how many families of birds are there?” No surprise: finding the number of bird families is no easy task. I looked in many different places for the current accepted number of bird families. And counted each and every family. Who knew?].

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What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

10,000 Birds

Is a free digital download possible?) Each spread consists of a full-page painting of a bird or group of birds on the left and a combination of text and illustrations on the right. They portray the nesting cycles of Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk, and American Robin, illustrating the various ways in which birds create families.

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Furdiburb – A Virtual Pet Adventure!

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Right now the game is available for free on all Android devices and Google TV (you can download it on Google Play). Family/kid-friendly. Furdiburb will also be available soon for iOS, Nook, and Amazon Kindle. The pet never dies. You can neglect him, and he’ll just be sad and starving when you come back.

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Within families, the species are arranged less taxonomically and more in line with “design and space considerations,” (Introduction), and on the plates themselves, species are arranged to facilitate comparison. Text is on the left, plates are on the right. The two plates above are both by Dale Dyer.

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Introducing the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

10,000 Birds

The trip was far too amazing to encapsulate in one mere blog post, so prepare to be enthralled over the course of several weeks (especially once I find the USB cord for my camera and download my photos.) Here I would explore a mighty ecosystem nearly destroyed, and witness the efforts of a few dedicated scientists to put things right.

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