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

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I wish I had read this book. The book was originally published in 2006 as Galápagos: A Natural History with John Kricher as the sole author. Kricher is well-known in naturalist book circles as a scientist who can write about complex scientific topics in engaging smart prose touched with just the right amount of dry wit.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). How did you come up with the idea for the book? The book is darkly funny. photo by John Huba.

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No rain in Spain

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My aunt Greet gave me a book in 1975 that featured the 60 most endangered birds in Europe. In the book, one picture stood out in particular: the White-headed Duck. For lack of better pictures that was the one that got used in the book (out of print – ISBN 90 274 8348 5). Buy the book and take a week!

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Chongming Island in winter

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Probably self-help books for birds therefore emphasize the need to enjoy the moment, whenever you can. It seems this Eurasian Hoopoe has read some of these books. In contrast, Little Egrets almost seem to revel in their high visibility (when they do not suffer from winter depression). Witness this Little Egret.

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Murder Most Wildfowl: A Review of “A Dance of Cranes” by Steve Burrows

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But I insisted he try the blood and violence guy, and he humored me, only to send me, later, a longish email, pointing out the flaws in my judgment and in the book and the author, and closing with this: “Since I didn’t care for any of his characters, I really didn’t care who killed whom.”. Fair enough.

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Keep your Taxonomy out of my Field Guide!

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I also know the field guides I use very well, and I know where to find which bird species in the book. I suffered, I lost birding time, and I made the most stupid mistakes imaginable. No, you’re out in the field where time spent not looking at the field but at a book will mean potential lifers could sneak by you undetected!

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An avian wetland ballet

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I have no tours booked, and no migrant species have made it this far yet. As much as I suffer, I can’t help but think about what the combination does to the birds that live in this extreme desert environment. This is that time of year here in Mexico, where everything “birds” slows down to a crawl.

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