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

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Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections.

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Pectoral Sandpipers Lookin’ for Love in All the Right Places

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Like the ladies’ man above which Corey photographed a few years ago at Jamaica Bay in NYC.). The scientists speculate that this combination of promiscuity and stamina may actually do the species good , spreading genetic diversity throughout the total population.

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Birds of the West Indies by Kirwan, Levesque, Oberle & Sharpe

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Within its 400 pages, the Birds of the West Indies covers 712 species, 550 of them regularly occurring and 190 of those endemic to the region, many of them to single islands. An active birdwatcher, he has found more than 50 species new to Guadeloupe, the Lesser Antilles and, in some cases, the Caribbean as a whole.

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Waterfowl of North America, Europe & Asia: An Identification Guide

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I started out my birding life sitting on Benches 2 and 7 at the Jamaica Bay NWR West Pond, my Peterson’s in my lap, studying Green-winged Teal, Northern Shovelers, and the occasional Pintail. The publicity material says 84 species, but I counted and recounted, and I only see 83. Plate 37, Eurasian, Green-winged, and Baikal Teal.

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Spotted Thick-knee

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In southern Africa, there are two species. These Blasts From The Past First Robin of Spring Eastern Phoebes in Fall Feeding Again at Forest Park Wilson’s Phalaropes Phalaropus tricolor at Jamaica Bay Wired for luck About the Author Redgannet Redgannet has been working for over 25 years as a crew member/flight attendant.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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These Blasts From The Past Striped Basilisk Lizard Lore Herps in Rockland County and Orange County Diamondback Terrapin at Jamaica Bay The Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) Lizards of Kazakhstan About the Author Dale Forbes Dale got his first pair of binoculars for a very early birthday after his dad realized that it was the only way to be left in peace.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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They submitted 144 checklists, noting 628 species adding 72 to the year’s running total bringing it to 1890. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond, north end. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond, north end. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia.

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