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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. And, how they betrayed that trust, stealing eggs for years and, possibly even worse, falsifying research data.

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Of Nesting Spoonbills, Nestling Flamingos, Left-the-Nest Shearwaters, and Mystery Gulls

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The hope is that their presence while inspire the grown-ups to breeding success. Click the video for a not-yet-pink baby Flamingo hatching, guzzling from a syringe, and just generally being cute and fluffy.).

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” They also occasionally show breeding colonies or isolated populations, possible occurrences, and directions of range expansion. ” These are just some examples. I love the writing here.

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Oceanic Birds of The World: A Photo Guide–A Book Review

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.” And, if you don’t believe them, just take a look at some of the photographic comparisons of species they present: Or, of albatross plumages: Or, read about the taxonomic confusions and scientific lapses in research on petrels, Albatrosses, storm-petrels, and diving-petrels. Which ones? Does it follow fishing boats?

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

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Penguins are also bellweathers of climate change; dwellers of remote areas you’ve (probably) never heard of; creatures who have developed unique, innovative ways of adapting to the harsh environments where they breed and rear chicks and the water environments in which they feed and swim.

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