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Bird Families of the World by Winkler, Billerman and Lovette

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It seems to me that Lynx Edicions must know Vedran, too, and it was with him in mind that their authors, David W Winkler, Shawn M Billerman and Irby J Lovette, chose the “Bird Families of the World: A Guide to the Spectacular Diversity of Birds” as the full title of their new edition. Families perhaps? It weighs 3.7

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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

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I am puzzled as to why Gulls and Terns are almost passed over, with less than two pages of text devoted to a family description and only six species accounts (four gulls, two terns). Family follows family with no page break, making this section a little dense. Woodpeckers are a family of focus for Tuttle-Adams.

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Hornbills of Yunnan

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On a positive note, it makes it easier for those male hornbills that do not like kids to focus on what they are good at (collecting fruit and handing them to the wife through a slit in the hole). Visiting the family. Arriving at the nesting hole. Regurgitating fruit. Being clumsy while regurgitating fruit. Leaving the nesting hole.

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Long-tailed Tit

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They are usually seen as a small, noisy flock or family group that passes quickly through feeding acrobatically like the true t**s as they go. There were two birds in Mote Park, near my home in Maidstone, Kent and this one looked as if it was collecting spiders’ webs and tiny pieces of moss and lichen. japonicus race.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of February 2021)

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Not only have we completed Birding Tourism February , but we’ve also collectively made it through what is usually one of the least exciting birding months of the calendar year. He and his family were delighted by displaying American Woodcocks once it got dark out. Congratulations!

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Southern Double-collared Sunbird

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The Southern Double-collared Sunbird, Cinnyris chalybeus, flourishes amongst the fynbos but, unlike some of its close family, is not restricted to this habitat. Special beds are dedicated to displaying various fynbos families and there are always flowers blooming to attract the sunbirds in to feed.

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KwaZulu-Natal

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The famous Verreaux family who made several expeditions into the province through the 1820’s and 1830’s procuring specimens for rich collectors. Gurney’s Sugarbird was discovered by the Verreaux family and named after wealthy English banker and amateur naturalist John Gurney from Norwich. Image by Hugh Chittenden. Image by Adam Riley.