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Around the World For Penguins: A Penguin Fan’s Book Review

10,000 Birds

Penguins here! <pause> There are few bird names that will elicit great big smiles and Penguin is one of them. I’ve been fortunate to see two Penguin species in the wild (African and Galapagos) and have dreamed of seeing more–maybe even all! <pause> Do I have your attention now?

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

There was no overriding subject trend, as we’ve seen in recent years, rather a diversity of topics and approaches. Here are ten titles (it could have been more) selected for their uniqueness, excellence in writing and research, and giftability. But this is more than a coffee table book.

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Apparently, species like Sand Martins and Emperor Penguins develop distinct parent-child vocalizations. And summary and discussion of recent research on how birds have changed the frequency and pitch of their songs in response to human noise and the possible consequences of those changes (again, we know that we don’t know).