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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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In Learning the Birds: A Midlife Adventure , Susan Fox Rogers offers a series of elegantly written essays on learning to bird. Donna]: Danielle Whittaker takes a personal viewpoint of a very different aspect of ornithology in The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent , a perfect blend of science and autobiography.

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Audubon’s New Report on Climate Change Shows Us How We Can Make a Difference

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Many datasets were compiled directly from citizen science efforts, including Christmas bird counts! Photo: John Fox/Audubon Photography Awards. Roseate Spoonbills are predicted to move northward as a result of climate change. degrees C.

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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The tiercels (young Peregrines) must deal with Golden Eagles, Ravens, adult Peregrines, and foxes; they must also learn to navigate the skies and make their own kills, luckily these skills appear to be innately learned. It’s not easy. Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections.

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The Parable of the Goat Mites

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And so, the foxes and shrikes endemic to the island began to suffer as the greenery went. Also, they were infested by a species of ear mite unknown to science. And so, the goats grew small and nimble, shy and drought-tolerant, through natural selection. And so, a breed association formed to preserve these goats. (No

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The Effects of Wildfires on Wildlife

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According to a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study, human-induced climate change has doubled the area affected by forest fires in the western U.S. While larger animals like deer and elk are usually able to escape the fire’s path, smaller animals like squirrels, foxes and snakes are not always so lucky.

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Do The Splits

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” So if any of you birders have a science background and are looking for something to do, please move to eastern California and sort this out for us. Fox Sparrow : The thought of splitting Fox Sparrow has been around for many years. This “Sooty” Fox Sparrow was photographed in San Francisco, CA.

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Montezuma Winery: Red Wing

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But in the mid-eighteenth century, the science of horticultural hybridization produced successful crosses of Vitis vinifera with native American grapes, resulting in hardier cultivars resistant to New World diseases but with more desirable qualities for winemaking.

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