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

10,000 Birds

This, 2022, has been a curious year for books about birds and birding. Despite the absence of two major publishers—Lynx and HMH–from the new title publishing scene (hopefully not permanently), we were happily surprised to read and peruse many excellent books. But this is more than a coffee table book. Highly recommended.

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ABA Field Guides to Birds of Colorado and Florida

10,000 Birds

This latest addition to the ABA State Field Guide series is sorely needed in places like Wakodahatchee. Though all the books in the series share common elements of design, structure, and photography, each one is written by a different author–a noted birder/writer who lives in and actively birds the state he is writing about.

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

10,000 Birds

5) Here is an obvious one…books. There’s a lot of good, crucial books published since the late 90′s. Everyone has their personal favorites…a few I endorse include Steve Howell’s books on gulls and seabirds, the newest edition of the National Geographic Guide, and various versions of the Sibley guide.

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Essentials For Packing When Birding Anywhere In The World

10,000 Birds

camera, laptop, book and a snack. You can stuff them in shoes, wedge them in gloves and even if it’s too warm, you can use them to apply heat to sore muscles. I have a backpack from Swarovski but there are a variety of backpacks out there that will do the trick. My carry on will always have my scope (1.) binoculars (2.),

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First Ever World Series of Birding Triathlon Part 3, Or, With a Whimper

10,000 Birds

… The delicious mojito that I gulped down with lunch had sufficiently numbed my poor, sore butt enough that getting back on the bike caused no pain. Joining this story a bit late? Click here for part one. Click here for part two. If this means that I get my birder credentials revoked, well, so be it.

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5 Ways Corporate Values Benefit Your Company

Sales and Marketing Management

Books, like Gino Wickman’s Traction have been written about how to create them and what they should look like, but sometimes it’s hard to nail down why they’re important at all. . Anyone who isn’t unified to your core value is going to stand out like a sore thumb. How can that happen if they’re not articulated? Consistency.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

The NYC owls have little to do with the book in front of me except that it too is about birds and people. Donald Kroodsa’s “The Hour (or Two) Before the Dawn” is an adapted chapter from his book Listening to a Continent Sing (PUP, 2016). But–is that it?