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Going to Ohio for the Midwest Birding Symposium. Wait, Ohio?

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CON – Ohio is home to two professional football teams, the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinatti Bengals, that should probably go back to being amateurs. And you don’t even want to get started on the disasters that are the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Cincinnati Reds. Or just disbanded.

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“Earth’s Wild Music”: a book review

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She comes from a good line and a good part of the world: her father was a ranger in the Rocky River Reservation, which place is one of the delights of living in Cleveland. (She Anyone of a certain age who sleeps outside in eleven-degree weather, as she does, has already established her bona fides as an outdoorswoman.

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How to See Sunbitterns in Costa Rica

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Those of us who raced bikes with banana seats through the streets of Niagara Falls, Cleveland, or Jackson shared space with Northern Cardinals and American Robins. The familiar ones, the usual birds, of course depend on where someone spent their childhood.

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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

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Mark Gamin, a Cleveland lawyer, likes cats and birds both. He likes books too, which made him the ideal reviewer for Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer. This is Mark’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists.

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The Once and Future Oriole

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It was not mine, and I couldn’t miss what I had never had.

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Birding Without Borders: A Review

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Mark Gamin, a Cleveland lawyer and birder, is a frequent and appreciated reviewer for 10,000 Birds. Strycker, an Associate Editor of “ Birding ” magazine and author of a really fine 2014 book, “ The Thing With Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human ,” is obviously a brilliant birder and a fine writer.

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Listening to a Continent Sing

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Mark Gamin, a Cleveland lawyer, likes both birds and books, which makes him an ideal birding book reviewer. He previously reviewed Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer for 10,000 Birds.

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