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A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)

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She lives part-time in Uruguay and is co-director of the Fiction Meets Science program at the University of Bremen, Germany, which seeks to bridge the “two cultures” of science and literature. Yes, that’s right – she adds an epilogue. The novel works, mostly, and who better than Gaines to make it so?

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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai in November 2021

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Not too many highlights, not too many species … hard to say whether this is just the usual nostalgia for a better but probably nonexistent past or a real phenomenon. This species is listed as vulnerable – similar to the Yellow-breasted Buntings, it is trapped on a large scale. Humans, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. Colonialism and appropriation of knowledge is discussed in Chapter 6, The New World of Science.

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Terror from the Trees

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And you are absolutely spot-on right in having finally worked out what this post will be about (lesson 2) … Treecreeper Identification The Treecreepers are creepy creatures outside North America. have asked themselves for ages: Is the Brown Creeper more than one species ? I’ll explain.

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A Problem with Gulls

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Among these white-headed/dark-winged gulls formerly lumped into the genus Larus , there were 18+ recognized species the last time I checked, sharing similarities that make telling them apart for the amateur birdwatcher very difficult. 1998), then the proper name for this species is L. fuscus – should be separated as species.

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Borderline of Countable

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Last but not least, there are only two or three conformed sightings of this northern species, rare in Serbia. Southern Europe’s Herring become a full species, the Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans. Yet, they were around, all right, only by then they were called Yellow-legged Gulls. That was an easy life. A large gull?

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The Golden Pheasant

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1 spot Sprintally: Not included in the top 10 (despite some rather broad “bird species” making into the list, e.g. “kingfisher”) Chipper Birds : This is a list of the top 30 but the Golden Pheasant is listed as No. ” Owlcation: Included at number 7 but species may not be listed in any particular order.

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