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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

Here are ten titles (it could have been more) selected for their uniqueness, excellence in writing and research, and giftability. There is a wealth of information about these marvelous creatures, given via prose essays, and charts, and tables – it’s all quite user-friendly. But this is more than a coffee table book.

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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Unlike some of us who started birding in midlife, Rogers brings to her new passion an adventurous history of a life lived outdoors–rock climbing (serious rock climbing, not in a gym), kayaking, ballooning, environmental stewardship, time in Alaska and Antarctica–which she uses to inform her new birding experiences.

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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Van Remsen, to the Louisiana birding community whose members respond immediately and enthusiastically to Marybeth’s requests for information and access. Marybeth Lima tells her birding and personal stories in straightforward, honest language that never skimps on detail (sometimes a bit too much detail) but never overflows on emotion.

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Animal Stories Wanted

Animal Person

U PCOMING THEME: Animals For an upcoming issue, we're seeking new essays about the bonds--emotional, ethical, biological, physical, or otherwise--between humans and animals. Please send manuscript, accompanied by a cover letter with complete contact information, SASE and payment to: Creative Nonfiction. Attn: Animals.

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

10,000 Birds

The best moments are when the film simply lets the images do the work and we watch the eagles soar, hunt, and take care of their nest and their totally adorable eaglet, composer David Majzlin’s original music echoing our emotions of wonder. I think birders will enjoy it, but will be hungry, as I was, for more hard information and facts.

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

Critter News

I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. I recently was escorted through a large primate research laboratory by its director. The director informed me that not only spit is apt to fly in such a situation; and at his urging we retreated. Like other mammals, they are capable of strong emotions.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” About 300 stories are used throughout the book.

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