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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

10,000 Birds

Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. And of eggs and nests and birds on nests. Cedar Waxwings exchange berries, carry nesting material, eggs.

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Inside a Bald Eagle’s Nest: A Photographic Journey through the American Bald Eagle Nesting Season

10,000 Birds

the book follows through mating and egg-laying, incubation and hatching, and the rearing of three young to successful fledging. (with a view of the Capitol, no less!)

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Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth – A Film Review

10,000 Birds

Today, we know a little more, such as the fact that an eagle couple produces one egg every two years, but numbers remain low, too low. And, he tells us about the time he was attacked by a parent Philippine Eagle as he handled an egg at the nest, hundreds of feet above the ground. This film could not be made without them.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

10,000 Birds

There are sections, ranging in length from a paragraph to two pages, on taxonomy, bird names, habitat, ranges, migration, courtship and breeding, flight, bird intelligence, bird communication; identification; finding birds, life lists; optics and photography; ethics; bird feeding; and conservation. These are all informative and current.

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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Significantly, the Introduction begins with “A Note to Readers: Ethical Considerations Regarding Wildlife” that offers guidelines on handling birds, for photographing nests and young, and for photographing wild birds in captive settings. Harrison, and Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds, 2nd ed.

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Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The lengthy Introduction gives both a personal history and a global history of birds and art, including brief profiles of John James Audubon and the far lesser known Genevieve Estelle Jones, who conceived of a book eventually called Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio in the late 19th century.

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How to Bird the Colibri Cafe at Cinchona, Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Nevertheless, techniques, recommendations, and ethical behavior are often suggested, these are some ideas on how to watch birds at the Colibri Cafe: Claim a seat out back, in the outdoor part of the cafe. “Pinto” is rice and beans and comes with your choice of eggs, breaded Tilapia, chicken or other options.