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A Stick! A Bird! A Tree!–Books on Nature for Parents & Kids

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I think each represents a template of a specific way of approaching this subject. Each activity builds on these basics–observation, documentation and action–introducing concepts like migration, nesting, and conservation, and also teaching specific ways bird behavior may be different for different species.

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Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould

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In the introduction, Hart and Datta delineate the many steps involved, starting with drawing on a large stone with greasy crayon and ending with colorists hand-coloring based on Elizabeth’s template (with John Gould checking the proof between printing and coloring). and died 15 August 1841.

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America covers 827 species, including resident, migratory, and common vagrant birds. The end result is that the whole “biographic” area (NCA plus southern Mexico and northern Nicaragua) is home to 41 endemic bird species.

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Birding for the Curious: A Book Review

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For example, on finding gulls: Close study of gulls is not for everyone, and birders shouldn’t feel obligated to get deep into it if you prefer colorful, less-confusing, families of birds. Most of these photos are by photographers associated with the USFWS and Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources and by Nate.

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The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition: A Review of an Iconic Guide in a New Edition

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I’m going to start with a specific example: species accounts for Common Tern and Arctic Tern. How have these species accounts changed from The Sibley Guide to Birds , published in 2000 (heretofore called Sibley One) to The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition , published in March 2014 (and heretofore called Sibley Two).