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Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Edicions)

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Despite depicting 540 species/56 families, it is a lightweight book of 173 pages, easy to pack and carry. Larger species, that is, excluding dolphins and whales. Beside India, Lynx Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of South Asia covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. monkeys, deer, gazelles, etc.).

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of June 2014)

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But while one a whale-watching trip with his family on Saturday and seeing only Herring Gulls at the back of the boat for a good half-hour, he heard Desi, his four-and-a-half-year-old son, pipe up with “There’s a Laughing Gull ! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of October 2013)

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If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Another new Queens bird for Corey!) What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. Birding best bird weekend'

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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 much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? .

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Rooiels – Funny Name, Serious Birding

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So much so that the two species are placed within their own family, Chaetopidae. And from July through to December one can sit and watch Cape Rockjumpers, whilst a dozen or so Southern Right Whales propel their massive bodies clean out of the water, then belly-flopping with thunderous amounts of spray.

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The Storks of Africa

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Furthermore we have another very special stork-like bird, the regal Shoebill , previously known as the Whale-headed Stork but now placed in its own family. It is quite a sight to experience hundreds of Abdim’s Stork dropping out of the skies from seemingly thin air, to gorge on burnt or fleeing insects and rodents.

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Birding – While Camping – North Lake State Park, Greene County, New York

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That’s right, I, along with my family and some really good friends, was camping. But my favorite sighting of the weekend was a whole family of Eastern Phoebes , four fledglings and at least one adult, that I found hanging around a small patch of trees and brush near the beach. You’ll remember Javi from whale-watching.

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