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

10,000 Birds

Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. There’s the Neolithic era; Ancient Egypt (bird mummies!);

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A Question of Migration

10,000 Birds

All of this leads to a longer life list, which is, after all, the entire point of bridwatching, right? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1046 (1), 282-293 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1343.026 Well, you know I’m only joking about the life list. Birders are not, after all, stamp collectors. Well, not really. 2 PIERSMA, T.,

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