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

10,000 Birds

Dragan]: What puts Philip Briggs’s Sri Lanka into a class of its own is a special emphasis on nature and wildlife-watching tourism. This is the title for the person who lives for both literature and nature. Whittaker’s research aims to disprove the centuries-old assumption that birds do not have a sense of smell.

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

49-50) She is also adept at writing about conservation’s larger context in terms of its history, public policy struggles, and the science behind species re-introduction. Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections.