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The most important book about European birds in this century

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And, some time later, during the final stages of the bird-atlassing work, computer models of Serbian ranges for some 150 bird species were produced for the first time ever: Some bias was created because of the large data set from Belgrade and environs where the majority of active eBirders live. The consequences were amusing.

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Evolution of the Multi-Media Bird

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Some time in the late 1990s (the readers of this blog will please jump in here and correct me if I’m wrong about this) a slow and steady diversification of bird books that had been brewing for 15 years or so suddenly underwent a sort of “species radiation” but instead of species it was bird books.

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Salon des Refusés (part 1)

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Though carefully removed with photo editing software, it is obvious that the bird in the air has been fixed by a wire. It was also the number of time – past, present, future; birth, life, death; beginning, middle, end – it was the number of the divine ( source )” Somehow, this photo fails to convey this important message.

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“Birds of Cyprus” field guide review

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BOC has 95 colour plates illustrating more than 400 species (three country endemics, Cyprus Wheatear , Cyprus Scops Owl and Cyprus Warbler , among them), with text and distribution maps on facing pages. Following the IOC taxonomy (Gill and Donsker 2018), Birds of Cyprus deals with 405 species. watercolor, gouache, etc.)

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The Warbler Guide: A Book Review by a Warbler-challenged Birder

10,000 Birds

I’m going to go right to a discussion of the Species Accounts, because I know that’s where you all want to be, with the warblers. I do love the fact that the table of contents lists all three names (all pointing to the same species account). The authors note when a species cannot be sexed or aged with certainty.

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

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They are software mascots, cartoon characters, animated film dancers, children’s book heroes, zoo celebrities, and documentary film stars. Every section is excellent, Going from back to front, the Species Natural History section is where to go for answers to all your questions about penguins and then some.

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