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Birding Under the Influence: A Book Review

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The first two chapters make clear that although environmental concerns were a factor, his major reason for doing a big year was personal–his work as a postdoc in research neurobiology was at a crisis point, he needed to change research direction or…do something else. This is a smartly written book.

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Everglades Long-Legged Birds Feed Their Young To Alligators, Everything is Good.

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It turns out that there is an example of this with wading birds in the Florida Everglades. Previous research has shown that wading bird nesting colonies could provide substantial food for alligators in the form of dropped chicks.

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Offshore Sea Life: East Coast, Birds of Pennsylvania, & Texas Birds: Three Books, Three Reviews

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A little longer than its predecessor (by eight pages to be exact), the East Coast guide is your handy dandy, pocket-sized, all-in-one guide to the seabirds, marine mammals, sea turtles, fish, and other creatures you are likely to encounter on pelagics or whale watching trips, from Bar Harbor, Maine to Ponce de Leon Inlet, Florida.

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It’s the Holiday Season — Give Birding Books!

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I’ve written reviews of titles in the series, but proof of how good they are came when I gave the ABA Field Guide to Birds of Florida to my 12-year old nephew as a birthday gift. Jake lives in southeast Florida and loves fishing and Blue Jays (the bird, not the team). Mack (Cassowary Conservation and Publishing, 2014) for Birding.

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Waterfowl of North America, Europe & Asia: An Identification Guide

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It’s heavily illustrated with both drawings (72 Colour Plates, 920 drawings) and photographs (over 650), and employs extensive references to and from each section, which makes research relatively easy. As I said above, the text is carefully footnoted; data reflects recent surveys up to 2014, and the scholarly articles up to 2012.

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Rare Birds of North America: A Book Review

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The Introduction’s sections on “Migration and Vagrancy in Birds” and “Where do North American Vagrants Come From” are the heart of the book, representing the authors’ thoughts on vagrancy patterns, based on years of experience, past ornithological research, and their own data analyses. by Steve N.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Florida Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma coerulescens. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Florida Canyon–lower. Florida Bass Conservation Center. 01 Jan 2018.

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