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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I am very happy Osborn decided to tell her stories again; enlightening, amusing, and educational, they also give insight into what it’s like to work as part of the Condor Recovery Project–the extended hours, physical labor, stress, and fun. Endangered. Extinction. Conservation. Osborn is a superlative natural history writer. (pp.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

10,000 Birds

Now that Hawaii is in the ABA Area , the next additions should be Puerto Rico and the U.S. The Hawaii vote made it clear that that the ABA Area is about political borders, not geographical or ecological ones, and the two Caribbean territories have long been part of the United States. But even with Hawaii, there are many U.S.

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Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

The guide covers over 650 species, most of the breeding birds in the United States (minus Hawaii) and Canada (like most guides with ‘North America’ in its title, it does not include Mexico or the Caribbean). Matthew Monjello is a nature educator, birder, and Registered Maine Guide. David Scott.

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