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German Birding Blitz

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And for those of you who are completely bird-centric, herps has less to do with diseases and more to do with reptiles and amphibians (and in a way, are not all birders technically herpers too?). Either that or having family friends in Germany. Your author watching a Hawfinch instead of the castle Now it was time to research the trip.

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Flying Dinosaurs: A Review by a Triceratops Fan

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So, I welcomed the opportunity to read and review Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds , by John Pickrell, published in the United States by Columbia University Press. And, he places current research within a framework of paleontological history of intrigue, backstabbing, and name-calling feuds. (No,

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