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Packing for a birding trip

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The field guide I always bring as a paper book, and there’s no substitute for snooping through the pages. Again, I prefer paper over e-books. Some birders might consider a voice recorder and a speaker (but I prefer not to use playback). Don’t forget all the cables, chargers, backup batteries and international electrical adapters!

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Fun, Fun, Fun Crossley ID Guide Giveaway

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I for one couldn’t wait to get my hands on this book, loved it at first sight, and appreciate it even more after a month’s study. Our dear friends at Princeton University Press , home of so many indispensable and inspired birding books, has graciously offered three copies of the new Crossley ID Guide for 10,000 Birds readers.

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Review: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil – The.

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The first twenty-nine pages of the book, after the acknowledgements, table of contents, and other prefatory materials, are devoted to the Pantanal and Cerrado and the need to conserve these two endangered biomes. The one major drawback to this book is actually an intended feature and not a glitch.

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World Sparrow Day 2011

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OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! Thanks for visiting! If you didn’t win a free copy of The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds , better go buy a copy.

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Quetzals of Ecuador

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YourBirdOasis.com Mar 12th, 2011 at 5:57 pm This post reminds me of a great book I read many years ago and imagine others that frequent 10000birds would also enjoy. The book is called “Bird of Life, Bird of Death&# by Jonathan Evan Maslow…check it out if you like birding travelogue natural history type writing.

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Note to Those Wanting Promotion: Pay Attention

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And that's when I get e-mails like this: Dear Mary I’m Caroline and I’m one of the Supporter Services team members for Compassion in World Farming. Having read your blogs I thought you might like to hear about Compassion in World Farming’s Bake with Compassion fundraising week. But that was back in 2006. Eat More Veal?

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The Importance of Nurturing Young Birders

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I rushed down to aid with what I could give, taking several spare bird books, DVD’s, bird T-shirts and Birdman Productions hats along with 2 pairs of my “extra” binoculars. The second responded as I would- with immediate concern and compassion. The devastation is exactly what you would expect after a tornado.