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

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For example, many photos are shot in poor light, obscuring the true colours. Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions. Read the book: it makes perfect sense.)

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Visiting Storm King Art Center

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We took a family outing up to that same Storm King Art Center, which is located about an hour north of New York City in Mountainville, Orange County, last weekend and had an absolute blast. We also observed some evidence of other species breeding.

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ABA Field Guides to Birds of Colorado and Florida

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This latest addition to the ABA State Field Guide series is sorely needed in places like Wakodahatchee. Species Accounts in both titles are arranged loosely in ABA Checklist order, with some flipping around of order within each family. inches, the books can be easily carried in a large pocket or small backpack.

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

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For example, take the Mississippi Kite (above), photographed at the Dairy Mart Ponds in Tijuana River Valley, between San Diego and the Mexican border. Rumor has it that the sorely-needed authoritative book on flycatchers is in the works…it can not be published quickly enough. Let’s get to it then. 6) Taxonomy.

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Backyard Birding in Breckenridge

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It’s been nearly three weeks since the family and I left Breckenridge but I’m still thinking about all the birds that we enjoyed from my aunt and uncle’s backyard deck at 10,500 feet above sea level. We spent three days in Breckenridge and each morning I was the first in the family to awaken.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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Ask the proposing states to follow Nebraska’s example, to let them, and their big, desperately imperiled white cousins, alone. Tags: cranes , poaching , sandhill crane hunting , sandhill cranes , whooping cranes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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