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Bird Books for Children: From Colors & Shapes to Discovering Central Park

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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.”

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 7)

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birds” They are “damaging private property, including chewing of wires, guttering, stripping out seals between roof tiles and window frames, chewing garden plants” I bet you have a good chance of becoming the mayor of Salisbury by taking a hard line against these hooligans.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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I should add that the Big Owls taking over NYC social and even hard print media, dominating conversations with my nonbirder friends and family, are not the only owls in the five boroughs, but like a musical, the closer you are to Broadway, the closer you are to fame and fortune (and maybe even a higher quality rodent for dinner, who knows?). .”

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Lake Bindegolly National Park

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The National Park is unusual because it offers very few facilities compared to most, but there is a sealed road right into the small car park and a shade shelter with a table and chairs and information about the park. As we wandered along the trail we soon encountered family groups of both White-winged Fairywrens and Variegated Fairywrens.

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My First West Coast Pelagic Trip

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So you can imagine my great pleasure when it worked out for me to stay in California for two extra days at the end of our family vacation out west. Brown Pelicans cared not for my taint. Hordes of Brown Pelicans , Heermann’s Gulls , and Western Gulls made it clear we were on the west coast. Anyway, back to the boat.

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