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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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It actually makes a lot of sense, the geographic features of the isthmus between North America (including Mexico, because Mexico is part of North America) and South America cut across political lines, as do birds. It is the first bird field guide to every country of Central America (plus the islands governed by those countries).

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2017)

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Seriously, cardinals are both gorgeous and interesting , but their familiarity across most of North America breeds indifference if not contempt. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was an easy one to choose.

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

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” And then I found out that bird song doesn’t just belong to the males, that there are female birds who sing too, only not so much in North America, and my mind was blown.**. Research experiments are described without citing the names of the researchers themselves or any other background information. And, that’s it.

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A Survey of U.S. Birders

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The survey was commissioned by National Flyway Council (NFC), which implements the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP), which, in turn, aims to maintain abundant waterfowl populations in North America. A core portion of the birdwatcher survey involved discrete choice experiments (DCEs). Broadly speaking, they were not.)

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Good Birders Still Don’t Wear White: A Book Review

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3) It is a sequel to Good Birders Don’t Wear White: 50 Tips From North America’s Top Birders , the popular 2007 collection of essays. Illustration for Sophie Webb’s “Why I Love to Draw Birds” © 2017 by Robert A. White and Jeffrey A. Gordon, illustrated by Robert A. Braunfield. All rights reserved.

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin gives the traveling naturalist the tools needed to fully appreciate and experience the Galápagos Islands. I wish I had read this book. He’s also Professor Emeritus of Biology at Wheaton College, Massachusetts. They complement Kricher’s text.,

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of August 2017)

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Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was the coolest turkey he’s ever seen, the Ocellated Turkey of Central America, seen in a wonderful place: Tikal in Guatemala! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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