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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. Flight Paths is a splendid but risky title for a book about bird migration.

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The ABA’s 50th Anniversary and Information: From Scarce to Abundant

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The internet has been game-changing for birding, just as it has been disruptive in other fields. There are also countless field guides, birding tour companies, birding festivals, birding books and magazines, and bird-related conservation organizations. birding magazines, Birdwatching and Bird Watcher’s Digest.

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Flying Dinosaurs: A Review by a Triceratops Fan

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Pickrell, an Australian science writer who grew up in Great Britain and studied for his master’s degree at London’s Natural History Museum, is clearly engaged with his subject. There is a lot of science here to explain. Pickrell puts the pieces together in 11 chapters.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings. This slow reproduction rate is unlike any other avian game species currently hunted. Or These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name?

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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That’s what you do with other game, right? My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings. Here’s the petition.

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