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Turtles of the World: A Guide To Every Family–A Book Review by a Turtle Lover

10,000 Birds

I happen to be particularly fond of turtles because my family has taken care of a small box turtle for 30 years (beware–turtles are extremely low-maintenance pets but will outlast your child’s youth and probably your life). Or that tortoises and terrapins are considered part of the turtle family. Lovich and Whit Gibbons.

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Casa Tangara dowii, Costa Rica: to claim our feathery gold

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“In the 1960s, Efraín Chacón constructed a dirt trail [from San Gerardo de Dota] to the Pan-American Highway, and brought his family to build a house, to farm and fish for trout. They became accustomed to feeding the visiting fishermen, and in 1971 they built a small cabin for guests.

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Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests: A Field Guide Review

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Description and drawing (from Ridgway) of a Broad-billed Hummingbird nest from Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley by Florence Merriam Bailey, 1902. The organization varies, and there are sometimes more than one Group Accounts for a family.

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Costa Rica on a relaxed birding pace

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Few places boast so many different bird species in such a small area — over 900 species (more than Europe, or all of the United States and Canada combined), including 75 different families, like 51 species of hummingbirds, 48 warblers, and 45 tanagers. More about it in the weeks to come. Cover photo : C.A.T.I.E.

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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It also summarizes the vagrancy status of every bird family in the whole wide world, which makes it fun to read as well as superbly educational. The Family Accounts are the fun part of the book. The Family Accounts are also a deeply informational, documented source of information for researchers.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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The Hawaii vote made it clear that that the ABA Area is about political borders, not geographical or ecological ones, and the two Caribbean territories have long been part of the United States. Both Puerto Rico and the USVI have active birding communities that are currently excluded from full membership in the ABA family.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.

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