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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2019
Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2021
Ballantine and Hyman explore how birds communicate and summarize studies on how that communication functions in diverse bird families all over the world. I wish there was more discussion of research techniques and resources. © 2021 Barbara Ballentine and Jeremy Hyman & Quarto Publishing. This is a beautifully designed book.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Additional helpful design features include the names of family groups against a yellow-and-white striped background on every page corner and having every bird image facing right (except for that Common Loon chick!), I’ve missed this information, especially when I travel to Los Angeles to visit my daughter and her family.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2017
Aisholpan Nurgaiv is a graceful, rosy-cheeked 13-year old girl with a magic smile who makes living on the edge of nowhere and forever look like the easiest experience in the world. Eagle hunting is a family tradition that goes back at least 12 generations, part of the larger nomadic Kazakh culture.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 6, 2011
This cruel, cruel fate we endure in western New York torments man and beast alike. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2011
The conservation need is urgent: great attention has rightly been paid to Brazil’s Amazonian rainforest but not enough resources have gone to the Pantanal and the Cerrado, of which only 4% and 5%, respectively, are protected. Each family of birds has a short introductory paragraph and most genera get a sentence or two of description.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
Each species account starts with names–family name at the top of the page, followed below by English name of the species, alpha code, scientific name, local name in Cuba and the standard name as accepted by the Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO). The concluding chapter offers a mix of resource materials and finding aids.
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