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Birds in Winter: A Book Review, Written in Winter

10,000 Birds

The book offers numerous facts about many species, findings of hundreds of research projects, notes on trends and exceptions from the norm, but little that captures the poetry of winter bird behavior or ignites a passion for change. Page 53, Illustration by Margaret La Farge, used by permission of Princeton University Press, [link].

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Nevertheless, it necessary to combine field experience with museum experience to create a vivid and accurate image of a species. The one on the left is from the book being reviewed here, Birds of Central America , and the plate on the right is from Birds of Peru. The two plates above are both by Dale Dyer.

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