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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guideā€“A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Bill length is given separately for Toucans and Hummingbirds, based on the reasoning that it’s an important identification feature for the first and an important identification feature for the second, but not for kingfishers or woodpeckers. Tintaya’s woodpeckers also nicely feature tree (and cactus!)

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

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?).