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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review

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The idea is to portray one bird for each hour of the day in words and art, presenting the diversity, beauty, and wonder of avian life. Hauber Hauber’s mini-essays focus on specific behaviors, enhanced by references to recent research yet written in a relaxed, personal way. Bird Day is a lovely, little jewel of a book.

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Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

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My morning routine has already been simplified down to the essentials – roll out of bed and out from under the protective mosquito net, pull on dirty odorous field clothes, munch down a quick breakfast. I present here an annotated collection of photos documenting the entry of new parrotlets into this world.

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

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This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the infamous passion known as oology), but probably more from people’s burgeoning interest in the nests and eggs found in their gardens and fields, gateway artifacts to a newer hobby called birdwatching. The Harrison guides are out of print.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 1)

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If the male’s color fades after the first egg, the female reacts by laying a smaller second egg – seemingly deciding that it is better to cut her losses as the male apparently is the avian equivalent of a deadbeat father. Are these the paper mills one occasionally reads about in relation to Chinese research papers?

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology. Beagle , pt.

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Best* Bird Books, Binoculars, Bottles** of Booze, and Backpacks of the Bygone Year

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In any case, if the song is to be believed, the proper gift for the first day of Christmas is a partridge – and the Red-legged Partridge featured on the label of the Portuguese wine Quinta do Vale da Perdiz Cistus Reserva Douro presents a decidedly more practical option for following this gift-giving tradition. Donna). ==. Dragan). ==.

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Flying Dinosaurs: A Review by a Triceratops Fan

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These fossils are seen as proof that some dinosaurs brooded over its eggs. And, he places current research within a framework of paleontological history of intrigue, backstabbing, and name-calling feuds. (No, Like birds. Don’t let the university press imprint deceive you.

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