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The most important book about European birds in this century

10,000 Birds

E.g., based on so much in-city data, the software recognized towns and villages as the primary habitat for the Great Spotted Woodpecker , supposedly far more common in urban areas than in forests. The consequences were amusing.

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Pet Photography 101 Giveaway

4 The Love Of Animals

Written by celebrated pet photographer, Andrew Darlow, the book is a great reference for anyone looking to capture their pets lives and personalities through the use of photography. The tips offer advice on how to set up shots, and even tips on using digital software for retouching, tips on storage, and many fun ideas for photos as well.

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Birding Inner Mongolia

10,000 Birds

(Note: this post refers to a trip I took a long time ago, in 2015. Still, after I used modern software to turn the originally black-and-white photos into colored ones, some of them may still be worth looking at). So, to claim that I birded Inner Mongolia is a massive exaggeration.

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Salon des Refusés (part 1)

10,000 Birds

It drew huge crowds, who came mainly to mock the paintings there, including many impressionist works such as Edouard Manet’s “Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe” ( Oxford Reference ). Though carefully removed with photo editing software, it is obvious that the bird in the air has been fixed by a wire.

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“Birds of Cyprus” field guide review

10,000 Birds

The book ends with References, the Checklist as noted above and the Index. are applied using digital tools (a computer, a graphics tablet and stylus, and software), digital painting is aggressively taking over the field guide scene. It ends with the already mentioned birdwatching sites. CBG and BOC seem to be using the same size font.

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The Future of Birding Field Guides is Digital

10,000 Birds

This is the first entry in a three-part series discussing those predictions: Almost every prediction about bird field and reference guides agrees that the future is digital and portable, featuring full multimedia capability … I think the future of field guides is advancing the digital versions. The future definitely will be electronic.

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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. This is not your ordinary reference book, though it was cited as one of the best reference sources of 2014 by Library Journal. Some are cute, some are dignified (and royal!).

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