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Raptor ID Happy Hour with Crossley & Sullivan – Friday 6:00pm

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Crossley and Sullivan are the co-authors of The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors , published this week by Princeton University Press. Well, Princeton University Press has also been offering an ultimate Sweepstakes prize (enter NOW!), So, bring your own spirits, emotional and liquid, and be a part of this unique web event!

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

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Copyright @2019 by Louisiana State University Press. 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. LSU Press, 2019, 272 pp. Map by Lynn Hathaway. by Marybeth Lima.

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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

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Her essays are structured pieces of writing with layers of personal stories over literature over memories, punctuated with emotions, a little bit of philosophizing, and humor. Three Hills/Cornell University Press, April 2022. Rogers can. Learning the Birds: A Midlife Adventure. by Susan Fox Rogers. ISBN-10 ? : ? 978-1501762246.

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Purina donates $200,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure

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So of course when we got this press release about Purnia Cat Chow and their efforts to raise funds for Komen, we were very excited to share it with you! You may or may not be aware of the yearly event that we host on our blog, Wish List Worthy. It’s called Pink October , and is aimed towards helping raise money for Susan G.

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“Earth’s Wild Music”: a book review

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There’s something off-putting about her prose – it’s immensely earnest, precious, and by turns giddy and despairing (“If there is a sadness as big as the galaxy, I feel it now”), so that neither of those latter two emotions is very believable. Counterpoint Press, Berkeley, 2021, 249 pp., $26 By Kathleen Dean Moore. ISBN 978160093676.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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The 26 essays in When Birds Are Near are all about the real-life and emotional spaces where people overlap with birds. Press, 2011). Press, 2020, 304p. She says in her Introduction that she was inspired to compile this collection by a much earlier essay, an article by E.B. Comstock Publishing/Cornell Univ.

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

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On the other hand, Phoebe Snetsinger’s memoir, Birding on Borrowed Time , becomes tedious because of her lack of emotional disclosure. As I was finishing up this review, I discovered that Princeton University Press will be bringing out a U.S. Press, Fall 2012. The Jewel Hunter can be frustrating in this respect. And, good news!

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