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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer- Saving Billions of Birds from Windows is the summation of Dr. Klem’s expertise, experience, and professional life–what we scientifically know about bird and glass collisions, a handbook on how to prevent them, and, not insignificantly, the story of a remarkable career.

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Peeps and Beer!

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Alas, the beer is only available on draft in Texas for a limited time, far out of range for me in New York. So, the next best thing, and arguably a slightly more palatable option for me, was to investigate beer and Peep pairings. But its release party is tonight, if you’re in the Fort Worth area. “Fat free”?

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Draai Laag Brewing Company: Haviken

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It’s fairly easy to guess that oud bruin means “old brown” in Dutch – and with that I’m going to end the Dutch lessons because, while it was once spoken here in Albany, New York, it was supplanted by English a few centuries ago and I don’t know a lick of it beyond a handful of beer terms. Good birding and happy drinking!

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The Joy of Bird Feeding: A Book Review by a Birder who Loves Her Feeder Birds

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New York City apartments don’t allow feeders to be hung from fire escapes (though I know certain birders that skirt that rule), and it wasn’t until I had already been birding for four-and-a-half years that I obtained a small yard in central New Jersey in which I could place a feeder or two or three. I came late to bird feeding.

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Searching for a White-backed Woodpecker

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I was happy to be out looking for birds, investigating all of the unfamiliar sounds and not feeling stupid by being around European birders who knew all of the birds that I was at least temporarily confused by. … My week-long trip to Hungary was a familiarity trip organized by the wonderful folks at Swarovski Optik.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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Fitting, since New York City and London were the centers of the millinery trade. side, the writings of New York City reformer Mary Van Kleeck. Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S. This is good stuff.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. It is, as the Tambopata research website says: …a unique forest environment, with the highest concentrations of avian clay licks in the world.

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