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A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia: A Book Review by a Penguin Groupie

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Howell’s Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide, previously reviewed here. If you do travel to South Georgia, it will probably be by boat, and if it is a large boat, then you might also consider taking Steve N.

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A Brief Interview with Greg Miller

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Will anyone ever break Sandy Komito’s record of 745 birds in North America area in one year? But it took me six years to get the last one paid off (maxed out five credit cards–which I would NEVER recommend to anyone!) In 1998, there were only 918 species on the ABA Checklist.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. The sandhill crane has the lowest recruitment rate (average number of young birds joining a population each season) of any bird now hunted in North America. to a high of 11%.

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