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ABA Field Guides to Birds of Colorado and Florida

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I was birding one of my favorite places yesterday, Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Palm Beach County, Florida, and, as generally happens, people were asking me about the birds they were admiring. It works well in Florida , in which most species are allocated one page each and 20 species get two-page spreads. “Great Egret.”

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Pahokee Opens for Project Treadstone

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It's a city in Florida on our largest lake, Lake Okeechobee. This time it's Little Black: Stay tuned also for photos of the eagle's nest down the block that has a baby! I hadn't realized how enormous eagles are; they dwarf hawks. I guess I'm about to learn more than I ever thought I'd know about eagles.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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Many essays, especially in the later sections, end with a question, hopefully getting us to think more about questions of ethics, conservation, and the puzzles posed by nature. The sections are also labeled according to the months of the year, the idea being that the book will take us through a year of birding.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

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Or an animal that could use the aid of human intervention, such as the Florida panther, which has benefited from the culverts built to help it safely cross highways (221). Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics Language 100 Heartbeats animal rights Jeff Corwin veganism. Now we just need to step in a different direction.