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Accessibility Matters II:  Birdability Q&A

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Both have been featured on the ABA Podcast and Freya has written for the National Audubon Society , Birding magazine and the LA Times. Learn from resources that are out there (our Welcoming and Inclusive Birders webpage , or the article I wrote for Audubon magazine on this topic) are great places to start…!).

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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I am not sure if this is totally true in the widest sense, especially when it comes to the question of WHY birds migrate (I’m asked this question constantly by beginning birders and would love an answer that doesn’t involve a garble of words about magnetic fields, genetics, and scarcity of resources).

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

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There are also countless field guides, birding tour companies, birding festivals, birding books and magazines, and bird-related conservation organizations. Although some of these organizations existed five decades ago, increased resources and the internet have greatly expanded their scope and reach. There are also at least two U.S.

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The Berkeley Pit – An Overview

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The history of Butte is a history of resource extraction. While Snow Geese are not exactly endangered – indeed far from it – the existence of a large open body of death-water is a pretty alarming condition to contemplate! You may be curious about what exactly is the deal with that. As an Explainer of Montana, I am here to help.

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Mastering Bird Photography: A Book Review by an Amateur Bird Photographer

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I first became familiar with the photographs and photo essays of Marie Read through their publication in Living Bird , the Cornell Lab of Ornithology magazine (British-born, Marie lives in the Finger Lakes area). Her photos have appeared in numerous magazines, educational exhibits, calendars, and she has won prestigious photography awards.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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But, it’s more than that, because each essay also includes “a big idea, a method or technique or resource, about bird study in our age” (p. John Schmitt, who illustrated Raptors of Mexico and Central America amongst many other books and magazine articles. And, each essay tells a story. He received a B.A.

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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus: A Field Guide Review

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a handful of times, only to realize how important it is to have a resource that will help birders differentiate amongst these very similar looking birds. He is a co-illustrator of Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East (1996) and has illustrated many other magazines and articles. Introductory Material Sixteen species, 190 pages.