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The Self-Refreshing Rarity

10,000 Birds

But as the re-introduced population around the Great Lakes begins to pick up steam, it’s a species that has been discovered more regularly in North Carolina, and has been annual the last three years. Swan mortality is a bit of a black box and the results from testing the carcasses has not come in, or at least I have not heard it.

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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

10,000 Birds

This non-technical book is a development from a series of lectures, tried and tested in numerous adult education courses given to non-specialists. At some stage, a salmon-hunting bear at a shingle beach came too close, mere 9 steps. Cactus finch, Geospiza species. Galapagos cactus finch, Geospiza species.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The book is divided into three parts: “Introduction,” “Avifaunal Overview,” and “Species Accounts.” The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. Most birders will go straight to the “Species Accounts.”