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How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity: A Book Review by a Non-Science Person

10,000 Birds

He is also a serious birder (and a birding friend), and his birding observations and adventures are used throughout the book to introduce evolutionary questions and illustrate the mental interplay between personal experience and scientific curiosity. The book is smartly organized into 12 chapters. This is a book that requires attention.

Science 215
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Birds in Winter: A Book Review, Written in Winter

10,000 Birds

Pasquier cites study after study, often jumping from one continent to another, from one bird family to a totally different group, relying on a bibliography of over 660 studies to lay out the variable, diverse behaviors birds employ. Because, whether our future winters are warmer or colder, we want to survive them with our birds.

Research 169
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Seabirds: The New Identification Guide: An ID Guide Review

10,000 Birds

It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. All species in every one of these groups is described even if not every single species lives on the ocean, a guideline continued from the earlier volume. SCOPE & SPECIES ORGANIZATION. There is one exception–ducks.

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