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

10,000 Birds

Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ 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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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. The skins were invaluable tools for ornithological, ecological, environmental research. Simon Baron-Cohen, cousin to the comedian. Seriously, this book is crying out for a movie treatment!). Mostly adult males. Frustrated with the U.S.