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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Less and Gilroy sort through the exogenous (external) and endogenous (internal) factors thought to cause vagrancy and the scientific experiments that have sought to prove their significance with patience and plain language as well as charts and photographs. It frames vagrancy as a natural phenomenon of scientific significance.

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Year of the Eagle

10,000 Birds

Click here for more information on his photography. You can click here for more information about Year of the Eagle. Scientific experiments would be needed to demonstrate true cause-and-effect, but the extra attention appeared to pay off. Year of the Eagle is his third book. They would feed a bite to one.

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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

10,000 Birds

While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see. Few hobbies place such value on the written knowledge contained in books as does birding.

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