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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092771456698636189</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:26:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>bestselling bird books</category><category>guide to webcams</category><category>Peru</category><category>bird conservation</category><category>tropical birds</category><category>books birding birds nests Princeton University Press</category><category>restoration ecology</category><category>2011</category><category>beautiful birds photographs</category><category>books</category><category>atlas of rare birds</category><category>Demoiselle Crane</category><category>International Crane Foundation</category><category>cardinal</category><category>bird census techniques</category><category>birds Australia lorikeets birding travel</category><category>birds</category><category>art</category><category>vintage art</category><category>Important Bird Areas</category><category>rare birds</category><category>barn owls</category><category>eBird</category><category>books birding birdwatching best field guide bestsellers nature</category><category>High Island Texas</category><category>bird research</category><category>Harlequin Duck</category><category>skua</category><category>nightingale</category><category>birds birding gyrfalcon birds of the high arctic</category><category>Manu National Park</category><category>owl pictures</category><category>toucan photo</category><category>birders birding resources</category><category>Kingbird Highway</category><category>bird book</category><category>webcams</category><category>habitat restoration</category><category>ecotravel</category><category>birding resources</category><category>Texas Coast</category><category>barn owl video</category><category>skua bird</category><category>beautiful bird songs</category><category>birding trips</category><category>Ivory Billed Woodpecker</category><category>owls</category><category>adventure travel</category><category>roadrunner</category><category>binocular reviews</category><category>whooping cranes</category><category>binoculars</category><category>field guides</category><category>scissor tailed flycatcher</category><category>global warming</category><category>San Juan National Forest</category><category>birds books photography</category><category>beginning birding</category><category>antarctica</category><category>bird conservation book</category><category>new releases fall</category><category>hummingbird art prints</category><category>rarest bird in the world</category><category>climate change</category><category>hermit thrush song</category><category>resplendent quetzal</category><category>birds whooping cranes</category><category>Roger Tory Peterson</category><category>Crex Meadows</category><category>birding</category><category>puffins</category><category>Big Morongo</category><category>travel ideas</category><category>adventure</category><category>Aldo Leopold</category><category>marbled murrelet</category><category>books atlas of birds birds conservation</category><category>birds in art</category><category>England's Audubon</category><category>birders</category><category>Oregon coast</category><category>hummingbirds</category><category>toucans</category><category>bird migration</category><category>birdwatching</category><category>John Gould</category><category>rainforest</category><title>The Passionate Birder</title><description>Join me in my passion ♥ for birding and the natural world</description><link>http://thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (William Saur)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>65</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePassionateBirder" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="thepassionatebirder" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092771456698636189.post-2454667443104250725</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-17T17:45:04.259-08:00</atom:updated><title>Hot New Book Releases in the Birds &amp; Birdwatching Genre: December, 2011 - June, 2012</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
Here is a list of new books being released, categorized by the month of release, in the Birds &amp;amp; Birdwatching genre, for the time period December, 2011 - June, 2012. The list is not restricted to birds and birding in North America but is international in scope.&lt;/div&gt;
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Any of these books can be pre-ordered, if you so desire...You can mouseover links or book cover images for more details...&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199734593/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0199734593"&gt;In the Field, Among the Feathered: A History of Birders and Their Guides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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By &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/Thomas-R.-Dunlap/B001H6GE6A?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ref_=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957" target="_blank"&gt;Thomas R. Dunlap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199734593/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0199734593"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0199734593&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932098909/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1932098909"&gt;Birding Trails: Texas: Panhandle and Prairies &amp;amp; Pineywoods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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By&amp;nbsp;Jim Foster&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932098909/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1932098909"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=1932098909&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982945558/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0982945558"&gt;In the Province of Birds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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By&amp;nbsp;Joseph C. Neal&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982945558/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0982945558"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0982945558&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/048627344X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=048627344X"&gt;Guide to Owl Watching in North America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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By &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/Donald-S.-Heintzelman/B001H6KODE?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ref_=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957" target="_blank"&gt;Donald S. Heintzelman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1770850392/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1770850392"&gt;EarthFlight: Breathtaking Photographs from a Bird's-Eye View of the World&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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By &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/John-Downer/B001K8LNV6?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ref_=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;qid=1324150234&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;sr=1-2&amp;amp;creative=390957" target="_blank"&gt;John Downer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;January, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1607104040/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1607104040"&gt;The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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By &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/Robert-Burton/B001IU2KSG?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ref_=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957" target="_blank"&gt;Robert Burton&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and Stephen Kress&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691153515/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0691153515"&gt;A Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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By &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/Julian-Fitter/B001ILHL9I?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ref_=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957" target="_blank"&gt;Julian Fitter&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and Don Merton&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691142114/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0691142114"&gt;Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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By &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/Steve-N.-G.-Howell/B001I9Q9UC?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ref_=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;qid=1324150764&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;amp;creative=390957" target="_blank"&gt;Steve N. G. Howell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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By &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/Noble-S.-Proctor/B001ITXHIO?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ref_=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957" target="_blank"&gt;Noble S. Proctor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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By&amp;nbsp;Cheryl Tipp&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;February, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691153361/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0691153361"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Birds of Aurba, Curacao, and Bonaire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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By&amp;nbsp;Bart De Boer,&amp;nbsp;Eric Newton and&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Robin Restall&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691153493/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0691153493"&gt;Birds of India: Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives (Second Edition)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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By &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/Richard-Grimmett/B001IZTJMG?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ref_=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957" target="_blank"&gt;Richard Grimmett&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Carol Inskipp and &amp;nbsp;Tim Inskipp&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1906780560/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1906780560"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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By&amp;nbsp;Quentin Phillipps&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1906780560/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1906780560"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=1906780560&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0754819876/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0754819876"&gt;Animals, Birds &amp;amp; Fish of North America, the Illustrated Encyclopedia of: A Natural History and Identification Guide to the Captivating Indigenous Wildlife of the United States of America and Canada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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By &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/Tom-Jackson/B001HOEROS?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ref_=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957" target="_blank"&gt;Tom Jackson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691153523/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0691153523"&gt;Cotingas and Manakins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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By&amp;nbsp;Guy M. Kirwan and&amp;nbsp;Graeme Green&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691153523/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0691153523"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0691153523&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;March, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547003099/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0547003099"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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By &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/Julie-Zickefoose/B001JSJIO6?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ref_=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957" target="_blank"&gt;Julie Zickefoose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547003099/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0547003099"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0547003099&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1408123878/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1408123878"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;The Biggest Twitch: Around the World in 4,000 Birds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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By&amp;nbsp;Alan Davies and&amp;nbsp;Ruth Miller&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1554079276/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1554079276"&gt;Peregrine Falcon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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By&amp;nbsp;Patrick Stirling-Aird&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1554079276/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1554079276"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=1554079276&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547440219/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0547440219"&gt;The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of North America (Peterson Field Guide)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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By&amp;nbsp;Bill Thompson III&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547440219/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0547440219"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0547440219&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;May, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616890592/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1616890592"&gt;America's Other Audubon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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By&amp;nbsp;Joy M. Kiser&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616890592/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1616890592"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=1616890592&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547451253/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0547451253"&gt;What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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By &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/Jon-Young/B001JSDVG2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ref_=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;qid=1324153610&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;sr=1-2&amp;amp;creative=390957" target="_blank"&gt;Jon Young&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547451253/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0547451253"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0547451253&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807835617/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0807835617"&gt;The Armchair Birder Goes Coastal: The Secret Lives of Birds of the Southeastern Shore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Inspired by the book shown below, CERULEAN BLUES, and by the memory of what a thrill it was to see this beautiful songbird for the first time, I decided to put together an article on some of the efforts (by no means comprehensive - more like a "quick peek") to save "&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;North&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;America's fastest declining neotropical migrant songbird" - the Cerulean Warbler. As you will see, there are people at work in both North and South America saving this vanishing songbird.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Taking the reader from the mountains of Appalachia to a coffee plantation near Bogotá, Colombia, this investigation into the plight of the cerulean warbler—a tiny migratory songbird—describes its struggle to survive in ever-shrinking bands of suitable habitat. This elusive creature—a favorite among bird watchers and the fastest-declining warbler species in the United States—has lost three percent of its total population each year since 1966. This precipitous decline means that today there are 80 percent fewer ceruleans than 40 years ago, and their numbers continue to drop because of threats including deforestation, global warming, and mountaintop-removal coal mining. With scientific rigor and a sense of wonder, Fallon charts their path across more than 2000 miles and shows how the fate of a creature weighing less than an ounce is vitally linked to that of our own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;The Cerulean Warbler was formerly one of the most abundant breeding warblers in the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys, but is now one of the country’s most imperiled migrant songbirds. Overall, Cerulean Warbler numbers have plummeted by almost 70% since 1966. This elusive bird winters in the northern Andes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/international/CeruleanWarbler.html" style="background-color: white; color: #3366ff; text-align: -webkit-left; text-decoration: none;"&gt;CW Conservation Corridor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;breeds from the Great Lakes region to Georgia, and west from Wisconsin to Louisiana, with particular concentrations in the Appalachians and Central Hardwoods region. Both its breeding and wintering habitat are being lost. (Source: &lt;a href="http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/domestic/Cerulean_Warbler.html" target="_blank"&gt;American Bird Conservancy (ABC) website&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;“The local communities have been very receptive to the conservation needs of this bird. Implementing a conservation easement is not terribly difficult once we show the local landowners how they can practice conservation and still make a living from the land,” said Heidy Valle, who runs the easement program with ProAves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;Saving this bird is going to require a concerted and continuous effort in both North and South America,” said Benjamin Skolnik, who manages ABC’s Colombian projects.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;The Cerulean Warbler Conservation Corridor comprises three private reserves – Pauxi Pauxi Reserve (Helmeted Curassow), Cerulean Warbler Reserve (Gorgeted Wood-Quail) and Chicamocha Reserve (Niceforo’s Wren), all owned and operated by ABC’s Colombian partner Fundación ProAves. The reserves were established to protect not only key wintering habitat for migrant songbirds, but also the last remaining forests for species recognized by the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zeroextinction.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #3366ff; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Alliance for Zero Extinction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;. ABC is creating a forested corridor between these reserves on privately owned farmland through a suite of conservation tools, including land acquisition, conservation easements, and shade coffee production. Another key component is to link conservation efforts here to the important&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/domestic/Cerulean_Warbler.html" style="background-color: white; color: #3366ff; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"&gt;work being done in the United States&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Here are some beautiful vintage art prints that have birds in them...As always the great beauty of birds is on full display...&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=8178681&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Cerulean Warbler"&gt;Cerulean Warbler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=8179220&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Mountain Quail"&gt;Buy This at Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=8178622&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Canada Warbler"&gt;Canada Warbler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=8228020&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="These Are the Day When Birds Come Back"&gt;&lt;img alt="These Are the Day When Birds Come Back" border="0" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/58/5829/EQROG00Z.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=8179468&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Blue-Winged Teal"&gt;&lt;img alt="Blue-Winged Teal" border="0" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/57/5789/GRBOG00Z.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=8179468&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Blue-Winged Teal"&gt;Buy This at Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7092771456698636189-429987291380460105?l=thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com/2011/12/birds-vintage-art.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (William Saur)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092771456698636189.post-2839591151292251346</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-23T18:37:40.094-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">birds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">birding</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bestselling bird books</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">field guides</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">books</category><title>Bestselling Books - Birdwatching</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
Here is the Top 20 list of bestselling books in the Birdwatching category.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1599211971/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1599211971&amp;amp;adid=03D46VXCBKWN9W9DKJWK" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Illumination in the Flatwoods: A Season with the Wild Turkey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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By Joe Hutto&lt;/div&gt;
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Turkeys, Joe Hutto writes, have gotten a bad rap for being, well, stupid creatures. In his account of a year spent studying a flock of wild turkeys in the loblolly pine woods of Florida, he aims to improve their reputation.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599211971/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399369&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1599211971"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=1599211971&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=1599211971&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1426208286/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1426208286&amp;amp;adid=0YZZZYRCPB10RNY64TXT" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Sixth Edition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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By&amp;nbsp;Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer&lt;/div&gt;
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The latest edition will include 300 new art figures; unique subspecies maps never before seen in a field guide; extensive migration information overlaid on species maps; field-mark labels on all artwork; text updates to include new species; reorganization reflecting taxonomic changes in the bird community; organization, readability, and increased page count with a fresh new design.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426208286/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1426208286"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=1426208286&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=1426208286&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;

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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1579654460/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1579654460&amp;amp;adid=1X2PZ8G74P38RSV9A4X3" target="_blank"&gt;Audubon 365 Songbirds Calendar 2012 (Picture-A-Day Wall Calendars)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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By Workman Publishing&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Audubon Songbirds&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is the best-selling calendar filled with day after day of the familiar avian friends...Each month’s spread features a large photograph at the top of the page and dozens of smaller ones in the grid below. Text offers extensive information about the featured species. It’s a sighting a day, in full color and dazzling detail.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1579654460/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1579654460"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=1579654460&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=1579654460&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;

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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0691147787/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0691147787&amp;amp;adid=1J8WH3HX0YM9KKNTE6DZ" target="_blank"&gt;The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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By Richard Crossley&lt;/div&gt;
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This stunningly illustrated book from acclaimed birder and photographer Richard Crossley revolutionizes field guide design by providing the first real-life approach to identification. Whether you are a beginner, expert, or anywhere in between, The &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Crossley ID Guide&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; will vastly improve your ability to identify birds.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691147787/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399369&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0691147787"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0691147787&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0691147787&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;

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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416551778/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1416551778&amp;amp;adid=0ZY0Z5PTSR9AGDD1R6CC" target="_blank"&gt;Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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By Stacey O'Brien&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011UCOZM/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B0011UCOZM&amp;amp;adid=0MPT2DPH1QK938DXNFZP" target="_blank"&gt;Kindle Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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When adopted, Wesley could not have survived in the wild. O’Brien watches him turn into a voracious carnivore (eating up to six mice a day), an avid communicator with whom she develops a language all their own, and eventually, a robust adult who preens in the mirror and objects to visits by any other males to "his" house. She makes important discoveries along the way, and tells how the playful, reasoning, and loving creature she set out to save ended up saving her.&lt;/div&gt;
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Get to know birds by ear with this engaging, one-of-a-kind book. Discover seventy-five unique species from Eastern and Central North America as you &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;enjoy their &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;♫&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;sounds&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;♫&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;at the touch of a button&lt;/span&gt;-reproduced in high quality on the &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;attached digital audio module&lt;/span&gt;-while reading vivid descriptions of their songs, calls, and related behaviors.&lt;/div&gt;
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Compact and comprehensive, this new guide features 650 bird species plus regional populations found east of the Rocky Mountains. Accounts include stunningly accurate illustrations—more than 4,200 in total—with descriptive caption text pointing out the most important field marks. Each entry contains new text concerning frequency, nesting, behavior, food and feeding, voice description, and key identification features. Accounts also include brand-new maps created from information contributed by 110 regional experts across the continent.&lt;/div&gt;
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A brand-new gallery calendar from Audubon, Birds celebrates species from North America and around the world in hundreds of sumptuous photographs that display every fine detail and jewel-like hue.&lt;/div&gt;
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"The bill chart is the greates[t] feature."&lt;/div&gt;
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Through evocative writing and two hundred gorgeous color photographs, the authors of &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Sporting Life&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Living with Dogs&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; capture the beauty, intrigue, and fun of birding—at home, in the country, in the city, and out in the field—with a special focus on the nostalgic memorabilia that signals devotion to birds of all kinds.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679428526/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0679428526&amp;amp;adid=1MZCSY0XBK7GJQDBH8XQ" target="_blank"&gt;National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region, Revised Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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At the heart of the guide is a set of 646 well-made color photographs whose subjects are organized by easily discerned characteristics...&lt;/div&gt;
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Every North American species—more than 960, including a new section on accidental birds...&lt;/div&gt;
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Beautifully detailed illustrations—more than 6,600 in all—and descriptions of 810 species and 350 regional populations will enrich every birder's experience.&lt;/div&gt;
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Conveying an enormous amount of information on attracting, feeding, and observing birds, the entries vary in length from half a page to multiple pages for broad or complex topics such as the benefits of fruiting plants (trees, blueberry shrubs, strawberry plants, etc.) as a source of both food and shelter.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0875969186/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399369&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0875969186"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0875969186&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0875969186&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;

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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0691135592/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0691135592&amp;amp;adid=0RMNYC5X9JVXM5H1W0N3" target="_blank"&gt;Hawks at a Distance: Identification of Migrant Raptors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KKXN0K/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B004KKXN0K&amp;amp;adid=1MHP80ZKT6SFY64B326Z" target="_blank"&gt;Kindle Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The ultimate must-have guide for identifying migrant raptors, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Hawks at a Distance&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is the first volume to focus on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field...new information and approaches for identifying twenty-nine species of raptor in various lighting situations and settings. The field guide's nineteen full-color portraits, 558 color photos, and 896 black-and-white images portray shapes and plumages for each species from all angles.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691135592/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399369&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0691135592"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0691135592&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0691135592&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;

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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1426207204/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1426207204&amp;amp;adid=0MP24GBYWGVGCD0K79P8" target="_blank"&gt;National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America (National Geographic Backyard Guides)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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No matter where you live—in the country, city, a high-rise or house—this handy guide will quench your curiosity about the feathered creatures in your midst. It features 150 of the most common and interesting birds likely to be observed at backyard feeders, nesting nearby or just migrating through. An indispensable visual index of all 150 species appears on the inside front and back laminated covers, making identification a snap.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426207204/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1426207204"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=1426207204&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=1426207204&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0547152469/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0547152469&amp;amp;adid=0VKWGH33PRZ0J7TKPG5G" target="_blank"&gt;Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Sixth Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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By Roger Tory Peterson&lt;/div&gt;
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The best-selling field guide since 1934, the &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is now in its sixth edition. With clear, succinct accounts of more than 500 species, accurate and beautiful paintings on 159 color plates, and 512 maps annotated with extensive range information, this is the most up-to-date and accessible field guide for bird watchers in eastern North America&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547152469/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399369&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0547152469"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;amp;ASIN=0547152469&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;amp;WS=1&amp;amp;tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0547152469&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;

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From the best-selling Bird Songs series comes &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;the most comprehensive bird book&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;ever published&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bird Songs Bible&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; covers &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;the sights and &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;♫&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;sounds&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;♫&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;of every single breeding bird in North America&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;nearly 750 in all. This utterly distinctive package &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;features a state-of-the-art digital audio player&lt;/span&gt; that brings to life the birds' songs and calls with the touch of a button. Written by a panel of ornithological experts and produced with the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this indispensable reference features lavish illustrations of the birds and their habitats, scientifically accurate range maps, and detailed information on distribution, habitat, behavior, and vocalizations.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0811736180/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0811736180&amp;amp;adid=024G091PHHBEAKN9KSDT" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Bird Feathers: A Guide to North American Species (Birds Ornithology)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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By&amp;nbsp;S. David Scott and Casey McFarland&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004BDOKUI/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B004BDOKUI&amp;amp;adid=18A2BCQMA3XTGE6R00PC" target="_blank"&gt;Kindle Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This guide teaches birders to use the characteristics of wing types and feather morphology to identify feathers - not only by species but also by their place on the bird's body. The introductory chapters give a detailed overview of the feather - how feathers developed, the parts of a single feather, and the variety of types of feathers on a bird. In the feather identification section, over 400 colour photographs show feather samples from 379 bird species from all over North America. Along with the wing type of the species and a map showing its range, several types of feathers are included for each bird; each feather is labelled with its type and its size.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036QVOHS/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thepassionatebirder-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B0036QVOHS&amp;amp;adid=001QED05QMDDKNS0PFC3" target="_blank"&gt;Kindle Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In this entertaining book, Obmascik, a journalist with the &lt;i&gt;Denver Post&lt;/i&gt;, tells the stories of the three top contenders in the 1998 American Big Year: a wisecracking industrial roofing contractor from New Jersey who aims to break his previous record and win for a second time; a suave corporate chief executive from Colorado; and a 225-pound nuclear power plant software engineer from Maryland. Obmascik bases his story on post-competition interviews but writes so well that it sounds as if he had been there every step of the way...&amp;nbsp;By not revealing the outcome until the end of the book, Obmascik keeps the reader guessing in this fun account of a whirlwind pursuit of birding fame.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;If you enjoyed the selection of 16 art prints below; scroll back up and see more of this beautiful bird related art here:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?AID=1412981895&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=5&amp;amp;lang=1&amp;amp;startat=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eallposters%2Ecom%2F%2Dst%2FJohn%2DGould%2DPosters%5Fc24756%5F%2Ehtm"&gt;The Art of John Gould&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Hummingbirds, Published 1849-1861
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;Here is a list of books to promote the stuff of dreams for a birding enthusiast...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/1871104122"&gt;A Birdwatchers' Guide to Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the Caymans (Prion Birdwatchers' Guide Series)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;By Guy M. Kirwan, Arturo Kirkconnell, Mike Flieg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;guide covers the Greater Antilles&lt;/span&gt;, which comprises five groups of islands and six countries. From Cuba, with about 360 species, to the Cayman Islands with just over 220 species, the Greater Antilles have recorded just over 550 species and this total contains more than 100 single island endemics and many more restricted range species making these islands a very attractive proposition to the visiting birder. The site accounts have details of location, birding strategy, accommodation and, of course, the birds. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;More than 80 sites are detailed, many with accompanying maps.&lt;/span&gt; A full species lists shows exactly what has been seen in each country, and the selective list helps to target the best places to visit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;A Bird-Finding Guide to Costa Rica&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, Barrett Lawson offers detailed information that makes it easy for both expert and novice birders to plan and enjoy an exciting trip to this birders' paradise.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Lawson describes &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;fifty-three of the best birding destinations in Costa Rica&lt;/span&gt;. Birders will appreciate the detailed descriptions of how to bird each area, as well as the site-specific lists-"Target Birds" and "Species to Expect."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Santella presents &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;some of the greatest bird-watching venues in the United States and abroad&lt;/span&gt; through interviews with prominent birders, from tour leaders and conservationists to ornithologists and academics.&amp;nbsp;Interviewees include ornithologist Kenn Kaufman; David Allen Sibley, author and illustrator of The Sibley Guide to Birds; Rose Ann Rowlett, the “mother of modern birding”; John Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology; and Steve McCormick, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This fully revised second edition expands on the best-selling appeal of the first, &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;describing the best-known sites for all of Australia’s endemic birds&lt;/span&gt;, plus regular migrants such as seabirds and shorebirds. It covers all states and territories, and is the first guide to include all of Australia’s island and external territories.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;A safari in northern Botswana takes the traveler to a wilderness populated almost exclusively by wildlife. Here are the predators and their prey; here, too, are the elephants, the hippos and the &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;astonishing birdlife of the Okavango Delta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Birds of Southern Africa&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is the best and most authoritative guide to the birds of &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;one of the world's most fertile birding regions.&lt;/span&gt; Two hundred color plates comprising over 4,000 expert illustrations help birders to distinguish all of southern Africa's approximately 950 bird species. The illustrations have labels highlighting diagnostic features, and many birds are depicted in flight as well as still. Special attention is given to plumage variation by age, sex, and season.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;Here is a list of eleven hot new book releases, either recently published or yet-to-be-published &amp;nbsp;for Fall, 2011 in the birdwatching genre...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/030771635X"&gt;The Birding Life: A Passion for Birds at Home and Afield [Hardcover] Larry Sheehan (Author), Carol Sheehan (Author), Kathryn Ge Precourt (Author), William Stites (Photographer)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In the form of bird-themed art and décor, the beauty of winged creatures informs the “nests” and working spaces of the birders, artists, collectors, and conservationists featured in the more than twenty delightfully written stories in &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Birding Life&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Through evocative writing and two hundred gorgeous color photographs, the authors of &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/wfsbookseller-20/detail/0517581663"&gt;The Sporting Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008NRHZ/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=wfsbookseller-20&amp;amp;camp=0&amp;amp;creative=0&amp;amp;linkCode=as4&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B00008NRHZ&amp;amp;adid=18CS8BZQXR8GFQ8546NV"&gt;Living with Dogs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; capture the beauty, intrigue, and fun of birding—at home, in the country, in the city, and out in the field—with a special focus on the nostalgic memorabilia that signals devotion to birds of all kinds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In Part I: &lt;i&gt;Birders in Birdland&lt;/i&gt;, you will meet Alexander Wilson, John James Audubon, and Roger Tory Peterson, the iconic figures responsible for first documenting America’s native birds for the public, and Kenn Kaufman and David Allen Sibley, authors of today’s most well-known American birding guides. You will visit Buck Hollow Ranch in Concan, Texas, where more than two hundred species of birds, including endangered species unique to the Hill Country, pass through in prime season. From there you will travel to New York City to meet thirteen-year-old Alexander Gottdiener, a licensed falconer who enjoys birdwatching in Central Park and in more exotic climes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Part II: &lt;i&gt;Bird Houses&lt;/i&gt; welcomes you into the homes and studios of bird enthusiasts, artists, and collectors...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In Part III: &lt;i&gt;At Home with Birds&lt;/i&gt;, you will meet homeowners who have decorated their personal nests to reflect their love of avian life...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Field trips throughout the book give readers a taste of the authentic experience of birders in bird-rich locations in Maine, Texas, North Dakota—and New York City’s greatest sanctuary, Central Park.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In this stunningly beautiful book, bird artist William T. Cooper explores and demonstrates all aspects of drawing and painting birds. Renowned for his gorgeous and accurate wildlife renderings, Cooper here explains in detail how to create a true impression of a bird's appearance. The author describes his own experiences among birds in the wild, discusses bird anatomy, and lays out the essential principles of realistic painting. He guides both seasoned artists and enthusiastic beginners through all the techniques and processes involved in depicting birds anywhere in the world...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;"A wonderful collection of bird superlatives. . . . Fascinating facts and beautiful photographs make this one a winner."&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Extreme Birds&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is a photographic showcase of 150 birds at the extremes of nature. It reveals nature's ingenuity and sometimes its sense of humor. The species in this book were chosen for their extraordinary characteristics and for behaviors far beyond the typical. They are the biggest, the fastest, the meanest, the smartest. They build the most intricate nests, they have the most peculiar mating rituals, they dive the deepest and they fly the highest. These are the overachievers of the avian world...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0816677581"&gt;Twelve Owls [Hardcover] Laura Erickson (Author), Betsy Bowen (Illustrator)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Meet the saw-whet, the tiniest of Minnesota’s owls...From this fetching little creature to the magnificent great gray, the owls of Minnesota have found the perfect spokeswoman in this book, which is as charming as it is informative. Written with wit and a remarkable command of bird lore by Laura Erickson, well known to public radio listeners and birdwatchers everywhere, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Twelve Owls&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; also features enchanting pictures, from the long view to up-close detail, by award-winning artist Betsy Bowen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;From the moment Jeff Guidry saw the baby eagle with broken wings, his life was changed. For weeks he and the staff at Sarvey Wildlife Care Center in Puget Sound, Washington, tended to the injured bird. Miraculously, she recovered, and Jeff, a center volunteer, became her devoted caretaker. Though Freedom would never fly, she had Jeff as her wings. And after Jeff was diagnosed with stage three non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2000, Freedom returned his gift. Between sessions of debilitating chemotherapy, Jeff’s visits to Freedom and their special bond soothed his spirit and gave him the strength to fight. A tender tale of hope, love, trust, and life, this moving true story is an affirmation of the spiritual connection that humans and animals share.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Given their largely nocturnal existence, few of us are lucky enough to glimpse a barn owl. But with the advent of minicams in backyard nesting boxes, birdwatchers can enjoy real-time online viewing of barn owls. Not surprisingly, interest in barn owls and wild birds in general is increasing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Barn Owl&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; reveals these remarkable creatures in detail. Rarely seen images -- including stunning photographs of nesting owls and their owlet chicks -- accompany the authoritative text, which describes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The barn owl is a powerful predator with a critical role in rodent control, and it is in dire danger from rodent poisons, lack of nesting sites and human encroachment. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Barn Owl&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; renders an informative and timely portrait of this endangered bird.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;America is a nation of ardent, knowledgeable birdwatchers. But how did it become so? And what role did the field guide play in our passion for spotting, watching, and describing birds?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;In the Field, Among the Feathered&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; tells the history of field guides to birds in America from the Victorian era to the present, relating changes in the guides to shifts in science, the craft of field identification, and new technologies for the mass reproduction of images. Drawing on his experience as a passionate birder and on a wealth of archival research, Thomas Dunlap shows how the twin pursuits of recreation and conservation have inspired birders and how field guides have served as the preferred method of informal education about nature for well over a century.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Putting nature lovers and citizen-activists at the heart of his work, Thomas Dunlap offers an entertaining history of America's long-standing love affair with birds, and with the books that have guided and informed their enthusiasm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The editor of this important and lavishly illustrated new book has selected a cross-section of both the most typical and the most interesting migrants. Colorful maps, photographs, calendars and fact files, with easy-to-read symbols and abbreviations, present an accurate and up-to-date profile of each species.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;This article is a review&lt;/span&gt; of &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0691149496"&gt;The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, And Conservation by Mike Unwin&lt;/a&gt;; Published by &lt;a href="http://press.princeton.edu/"&gt;Princeton University Press&lt;/a&gt;, 2011; 144p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;If I had to guess the author's overarching intention in writing this book, I would say that it is to enlighten and educate you, the reader, about the great beauty and majesty of birds and in doing so, provide you with motivation to want to keep them around. If you love birds, you will not want to see &lt;b&gt;any&lt;/b&gt; of them disappear, and the more people who are behind this cause, the better. A sentence from the Introduction embodies the gist of my supposition:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;"Education is especially important, particularly among communities in the developing world where many of the world's most bird-rich - and threatened - habitats are found."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;So how does the author go about providing the reader with this education on birds? That is the topic of this review.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The book is divided into eight parts:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Each of the various subtopics within each of these parts is always covered in just two pages. It is like Twitter - you've only got 140 characters, so make each one count - nothing extraneous. &amp;nbsp;This works very well in concisely conveying information to the reader.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;As an example how this book works, I will use the three subtopics that comprise the information on the topic of bird migration. This information is found at the end of Part Four - How Birds Live and it is divided into three separate subtopics - &lt;i&gt;Birds on the Move&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Flyways&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Different Journeys&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The first two page section - Birds on the Move - acts as an introduction to bird migration. It answers the important question of "why undertake this perilous journey?" in one sentence:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;"Birds migrate because, quite simply, the risks of staying behind outweigh those of moving on."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This section also talks about "bird ringing" (called bird banding in the US) i.e. the answers to the questions: How did we come to learn about bird migration?; What is the methodology of data gathering?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The second two page unit is entitled &lt;i&gt;Flyways&lt;/i&gt;. In the two images above, hopefully you can get a feel for the use of graphics and maps that the book uses to convey information. Knowledge of flyways is important because now people know that there are "migratory corridors" that need to be protected to insure the survival of birds - critical information, to be sure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;So upon completion of these six pages - maybe 20 minutes of reading and study - you will be reasonably knowledgeable and conversant on the important topic of migration. You will know about flyways and their importance, and perhaps you will even marvel at some of the incredible journeys that birds make on an annual basis! This is the nature of the whole book - the concise delivery of education...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;"BirdLife International is the world's largest partnership of conservation organizations. It aims to maintain and, where possible improve the conservation status of all bird species..."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"Birds are very important to humankind. They are a key component of biodiversity, which is of incalculable value in terms of the ecological services it provides the planet. Birds also provide us with economic, cultural, and spiritual benefits. Our incentive to protect them and to tackle the threats they face, is therefore huge, and birds have an energetic and expanding global conservation community on their side."&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In conclusion, let me say that &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Atlas of Birds&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; does a very, very nice job of concisely conveying information via graphs, maps, and photographic images that puts the beauty and allure of birds on full display. In this day and age of an overabundance of information, being concise is quite valuable. If you are someone who wants to know more, this book will quickly expand your knowledge, appreciation, and enjoyment of birds. Hopefully, this will make you want to join the large group of people on Planet Earth - the aforementioned "expanding global conservation community" - who want to save them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Some other terrific books from Princeton University Press that may interest you:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/069114849X"&gt;Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build  By Peter Goodfellow&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Avian Architecture&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; describes how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, deconstructing all types of nests found around the world using architectural blueprints and detailed descriptions of the construction processes and engineering techniques birds use. This spectacularly illustrated book features 300 full-color images and more than 35 case studies that profile key species worldwide...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0691147787"&gt;The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds  By Richard Crossley&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This stunningly illustrated book from acclaimed birder and photographer Richard Crossley revolutionizes field guide design by providing the first real-life approach to identification. Whether you are a beginner, expert, or anywhere in between, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Crossley ID Guide&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; will vastly improve your ability to identify birds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/069114849X"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build  By Peter Goodfellow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; The strong point of the book is the many terrific illustrations and photographs that skillfully convey the details of a bird's nest building activities. It covers the many different approaches that birds around the world use for their nests. The information presented by this book will certainly add to your knowledge, and also perhaps your appreciation for birds.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;One day recently while browsing the Amazon Movers &amp;amp; Shakers List, I was amazed to come across this book. I would never had guessed that people would be so interested in bird's nests and nest building activities. But the book is so well done, that I can see where the whole panoply of people who enjoy birds - from backyard birders to the legions of serious amateur birdwatchers to professionals - would want to have this book in their library.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Next comes a section entitled Materials and Features that uses the nest of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird to provide details. Notice the "engineering aspect" as shown in the lower right hand corner of the image below, that discusses the use of spider silk by the bird. It says this material is "a protein fiber that has a relatively higher tensile strength than the steel cable typically used on suspension bridges,and is on a par with Kevlar fibers used to make bulletproof vests." Amazing...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0691147787"&gt;The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds  By Richard Crossley&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Summary:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;A book that presents a new approach to birding, termed "reality birding", and succeeds impressively. This approach is "photo-centric" in the sense&amp;nbsp; that a montage of digital photos are combined together to portray the bird in its typical natural setting, and from differing angles and distances. It also shows the different plumages of the sexes and juveniles. This photo montage along with the accompanying text comprise the identification material for the 640 species of Eastern North American birds found in the book. I find the book to be a spectacular addition to birding literature, as I predict that it will provide literally an unending experience of knowledge and joy to anyone who loves birding. A very fun book to have in one's library...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Back in May, 1988 I went on a birding trip to SE Arizona, a well documented hotspot. On the very first day out, while driving to a birding site, I saw a Rose-throated Becard on an overhead wire. I was ecstatic to see this beautiful life-lister, and it generated thoughts of "Wow, what a great bird right out of the chute - I am stoked about this trip". I mention this story because these are the types of feelings I experienced upon first leafing through this book!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This book is based around digital photographs and digital photography technology and introduces the concept of "reality birding". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This approach is "photo-centric" in the sense&amp;nbsp; that a montage of digital photos are combined together to portray the bird in its typical natural setting, and from differing angles and distances. This photo montage along with the accompanying text comprise the identification material for the 640 species of Eastern North American birds found in the book. It is a truly impressive collection of around 10,000 digital photographs. I will use two birds - the Northern Waterthrush (NOWA) and the Louisiana Waterthrush (LOWA) - to illustrate the concept.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I grew up on the Roger Tory Peterson "field marks" system - my first field guide (which I still have) was his 1947 Field Guide to Eastern Birds. This system was considered revolutionary - they used to shoot the birds to identify them - and it was based around RTP's marvelous drawings. Fast forward about 80 years or so and we have another revolutionary book - this one based around the technology of digital photography.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I actually do not intend to use this book as a field guide - it is definitely larger and heavier than typical field guides, but I have a jumbo sized fanny pack that could accommodate it if I really wanted. I do not want to take it into the field for fear of ruining it. I want to keep it nice so I can study it and learn, learn, learn from it. When I was a kid I used to learn by sitting and looking over and over at bird related books including a book of wonderful bird photographs called National Geographic Guide to the Song and Garden Birds of North America (1964). Now, almost 50 years later, I will be doing the same thing another marvelous book of bird photographs - the Crossly ID Guide.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Here is a selection of excellent books to consider as an aid to improving your bird photography&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;There are books specific to bird photography, others specific to nature photography, and still others on the "art of photography", and even a book on the effective usage of available outdoor lighting ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/1553655451"&gt;Creative Bird Photography: Essential Tips and Techniques  By Bill Coster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Creative Bird Photography&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; shows &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;how to photograph specific aspects of birds’ lives&lt;/span&gt;, such as eating and drinking, courtship and flight. The author gives examples, demonstrating approaches for taking great shots of these daily bird activities as well as taking "mood" photographs at dawn and dusk. &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Each shot comes with detailed technical data&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, information about locations, and &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;advice about overcoming challenges to achieve the perfect shot&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Coster also shares fascinating anecdotes about his encounters with the birds featured and provides up-to-date sections on bird photography basics, including equipment and storage of digital images.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0715331493"&gt;100 Ways to Take Better Nature &amp;amp; Wildlife Photographs  By Guy Edwardes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This guide is suitable for all levels of photographers, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;100 Ways to Take Better Nature and Wildlife Photographs&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; features &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;100 practical and inspiring tips&lt;/span&gt; on every aspect of the genre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;With tips on everything from technique to composition, coping with extreme field conditions to Photoshop software manipulation, this is an invaluable guide for anyone with a passion for photography of the natural world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/wfsbookseller-20/detail/0321752503"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Chasing the Light: Improving Your Photography with Available Light (Voices That Matter)  By Ibarionex Perello&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Light&lt;/span&gt;. It's the most transformative&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; tool&lt;/span&gt; at any photographer’s disposal. Whether the lens is turned to people, wildlife, or landscape, the creative use of light is often the difference between a snapshot and a powerful photograph. In &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Chasing the Light: Improving Your Photography with Available Light&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, renowned photographer, writer, and educator Ibarionex Perello shares his unique insights for partnering with natural light to create evocative digital images.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Every photographer, from weekend enthusiast to professional, can learn by studying the "greats". In Why Photographs Work, author/photographer George Barr analyzes 52 striking images by some of the world's top photographers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;With guidance from Barr, we &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;learn to decipher that certain intangible "something" that makes an image go beyond the ordinary&lt;/span&gt;. As we gain an understanding of and appreciation for the elements that make an image truly great, we are bound to improve our own images as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Anyone with a passion for wildlife and wild places will find beautiful inspiration in this comprehensive, thoroughly illustrated guide. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Aimed primarily at the keen amateur or semi-pro&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Success with Wildlife Photography&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; reveals the secrets that have worked so well for Steve and Ann Toon in their decade as professionals. It provides expert advice on cameras, accessories (such as zoom lenses and filters), and other necessary equipment, as well as all the techniques needed to get that fantastic shot—whether in a lakeside hide or on a jeep-safari chase. An invaluable section on the &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;digital darkroom&lt;/span&gt; explains essential workflow and post-processing issues, and how to output your images.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/1933952687"&gt;The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression  By Bruce Barnbaum&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This is an updated and newly revised edition of the classic book &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Art of Photography&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (originally published in 1994), which has often been described as the most readable, understandable, and complete textbook on photography. With well over 100 beautiful photographic illustrations in both black-and-white and color, as well as numerous charts, graphs, and tables, this book presents the world of photography to beginner, intermediate, and advanced &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;photographers seeking to make a personal statement through the medium of photography&lt;/span&gt;. Without talking down to anyone, or talking over anyone's head, Barnbaum presents "how to" techniques for both traditional and digital approaches. Yet he goes well beyond the technical, as he delves deeply into the philosophical, expressive, and creative aspects of photography so often avoided in other books.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/1861083025"&gt;Bird Photography: Choosing the Best Destinations-Planning a Trip-Taking Great Photographs  By David Tipling&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;"I liked this book and read it all. I now can dream about &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;far away places to visit to do birding&lt;/span&gt; that before I had no inkling of. Nice pictures, good organization and good quality at a fair price" --Gordon H. Ripley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;Here are the Amazon.com bestsellers in books in the birdwatching category:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/069114849X"&gt;Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build  By Peter Goodfellow&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Avian Architecture describes how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, deconstructing all types of nests found around the world using architectural blueprints and detailed descriptions of the construction processes and engineering techniques birds use. This spectacularly illustrated book features 300 full-color images and more than 35 case studies that profile key species worldwide.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0691147787"&gt;The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds  By Richard Crossley&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This stunningly illustrated book from acclaimed birder and photographer Richard Crossley revolutionizes field guide design by providing the first real-life approach to identification. Whether you are a beginner, expert, or anywhere in between, The Crossley ID Guide will vastly improve your ability to identify birds. &lt;br /&gt;
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Unlike other guides, which provide isolated individual photographs or illustrations, this is the first book to feature large, lifelike scenes for each species. These scenes--640 in all--are composed from more than 10,000 of the author's images showing birds in a wide range of views--near and far, from different angles, in various plumages and behaviors, including flight, and in the habitat in which they live.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0792253140"&gt;National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Fifth Edition  By Jon L. Dunn, Jonathan Alderfer&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This is the ultimate, indispensable bird field guide—comprehensive, authoritative, portable, sturdy, and easier than ever to use.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/067945120X"&gt;The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America  By David Allen Sibley, Rick Cech&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering more than 810 North American birds in amazing detail.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;...beautifully detailed illustrations—more than 6,600 in all—and descriptions of 810 species and 350 regional populations will enrich every birder's experience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0811863425"&gt;The Backyard Birdsong Guide: Eastern and Central North America (Cornell Lab of Ornithology Audio Field Guides)  By Donald Kroodsma&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Get to know birds by ear with this engaging, one-of-a-kind book. Discover seventy-five unique species from Eastern and Central North America as you enjoy their sounds at the touch of a button-reproduced in high quality on the attached digital audio module-while reading vivid descriptions of their songs, calls, and related behaviors.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0713666587"&gt;Sibley Field Guide Birds/West Nth Americ (Helm Field Guides)  By David Sibley&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This field guide covers the avifauna of western North America using detailed artworks, maps and text.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/067973337X"&gt;The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time  By Jonathan Weiner&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;On a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory.  For among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow: it is taking place by the hour, and we can watch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0547152469"&gt;Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Sixth Edition  By Roger Tory Peterson&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;With all-new range maps, updated text, and 40 new paintings, the completely revised editions of two classic Peterson Field Guides are sure to be valuable additions to any birder's pocket or daypack. At a trim size of 5 x 8, they are portable but also beautifully illustrated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0691135592"&gt;Hawks at a Distance: Identification of Migrant Raptors  By Jerry Liguori&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The ultimate must-have guide for identifying migrant raptors, Hawks at a Distance is the first volume to focus on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field. Jerry Liguori, a leading expert on North American raptors, factors in new information and approaches for identifying twenty-nine species of raptor in various lighting situations and settings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0679428526"&gt;National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region, Revised Edition  From Random&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Introduced in 1977 and completely revised in 1994, these bestselling photographic field guides have become the birding bibles of more than four million enthusiasts. Virtually every bird found in North America is brought to life in a full-color photograph and with textual information on the bird's voice, nesting habits, habitat, range, and interesting behaviors.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0547248326"&gt;Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding (Kaufman Field Guides)  By Kenn Kaufman&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Birders can memorize hundreds of details and still not be able to identify birds if they don’t really understand what’s in front of them.Today birders have access to almost too much information, and their attempts to identify birds can be drowned out by excess detail. The all-new Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding takes a different approach, clarifying the basics and providing a framework for learning about each group. Overall principles of identification are explained in clear language, and ten chapters on specific groups of birds show how these principles can be applied in practice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/1402738749"&gt;National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Birds of North America  By Edward S. Brinkley&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;From the National Wildlife Federation® comes the most up-to-date, all-photographic field guide to North American birds. Birders will find it indispensable: this single, portable volume features more than 750 species, along with more than 2,000 stunning images by leading nature photographers showing birds in their natural habitats. Captions highlight important field marks, and comprehensive species accounts describe habitats, behavior, flight, migration, songs, and plumages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0881929921"&gt;Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, Updated and Expanded  By Douglas W. Tallamy&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;There is an unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife. Most native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plant species disappear, the insects disappear, thus impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Bringing Nature Home has sparked a national conversation about the link between healthy local ecosystems and human well-being...By acting on Douglas Tallamy’s practical recommendations, everyone can make a difference.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/B004MKLRY2"&gt;Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America, Fourth Edition  By Roger Tory Peterson&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/1426207204"&gt;National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America (National Geographic Backyard Guides)  By Jonathan Alderfer, Paul Hess&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;No matter where you live—in the country, city, a high-rise or house—this handy guide will quench your curiosity about the feathered creatures in your midst. It features 150 of the most common and interesting birds likely to be observed at backyard feeders, nesting nearby or just migrating through. An indispensable visual index of all 150 species appears on the inside front and back laminated covers, making identification a snap.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/1416551778"&gt;Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl  By Stacey O'Brien&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;On Valentine's Day 1985, biologist Stacey O'Brien first met a four-day-old baby barn owl -- a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing 19-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet's ability to fly was forever compromised, and he had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild. O'Brien, a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to care for the helpless owlet and give him a permanent home. Wesley the Owl is the funny, poignant story of their dramatic two decades together.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;I have an adventurous side, which prompted me to spend two summers above the Arctic Circle&lt;/span&gt; in Alaska working as a geologist. It was an unforgettable experience. We lived in a bush camp, and rode around in helicopters all over the place. As an avid birdwatcher I had some great times:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;--Seeing all three species of Jaegers in one day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;--Spotting a Bluethroat while waiting for a helicopter to pick me up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;--Finding a nesting pair of Gyrfalcons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;--Seeing and identifying a Bar-tailed Godwit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;--Nesting seabirds on cliffs on the Arctic Ocean (Chukchi Sea)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;--Long-tailed Jaegers and Whimbrels on a regular basis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;--A flock of beautiful Snow Buntings in breeding plumage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;--&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Abundant&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Lapland Longspurs in breeding plumage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The wildlife was also incredible: a wolverine, beautiful Arctic Foxes, grizzlies, and the Caribou migration wherein I watched the herd pass by me 25-30 abreast for two hours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In memory of this experience here are pictures, and a spectacular Gyrfalcon video, of some of the beautiful birds (and a mesmerizing wolverine photo) of the high Arctic...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0898869765"&gt;Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [With CD]  From Mountaineers Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This is a celebration in word and image of the birds who return each year to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to nest - and how they link every point on the globe. 200 colour photos from award-wining nature photographers, Subhankar Banerjee, Steven Kazlowski and Arthur Morris are included. Essays by noted writers, biologists and conservationists, including David Allen Sibley, Debble Miller and former US president Jimmy Carter are provided. It offers life histories of individual bird species from every major group, including shorebirds, songbirds and raptors plus dramatic stories of migration and strategies for survival. It also includes an audio CD of Arctic bird songs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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19.625 in. x 23.5 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7092771456698636189-6645648028461334141?l=thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com/2011/06/beautiful-birds-of-high-arctic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (William Saur)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/EnHnkYyRE6Y/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092771456698636189.post-5200783613386603828</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 18:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-30T11:56:03.730-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">birds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art</category><title>Birds by John James Audubon</title><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;A selection of paintings from the great American painter, John James Audubon:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7092771456698636189-5200783613386603828?l=thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com/2011/05/birds-by-john-james-audubon.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (William Saur)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092771456698636189.post-5285235445925552241</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 16:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-30T09:11:03.285-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">birds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cardinal</category><title>Splendor in Red - Photos and Art Prints of the Northern Cardinal</title><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Some photos and art prints of the delightful, very beautiful Northern Cardinal:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis Cardinalis, Food Exchange During the Breeding Season. Eastern USA&lt;br /&gt;
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16 in. x 12 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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Female Northern Cardinal in Snowy Pine Tree&lt;br /&gt;
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16 in. x 12 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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16 in. x 12 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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18 in. x 24 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=43028&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Autumn Cardinal"&gt;Autumn Cardinal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=22857&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Brent, Paul Autumn Cardinal"&gt;Brent, Paul&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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15 in. x 11.438 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=43028&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Autumn Cardinal"&gt;Buy This Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=6043963&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Cardinal"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cardinal" border="0" height="400" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/38/3819/UUFYF00Z.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=6043963&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Cardinal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Cardinal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=23684&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Daniel, Kevin Cardinal"&gt;Daniel, Kevin&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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12 in. x 12 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=6043963&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Cardinal"&gt;Buy This Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=6187944&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Cardinal"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cardinal" border="0" height="450" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/39/3968/2VYKF00Z.jpg" width="338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=6187944&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Cardinal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Cardinal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=127208&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Thacker, Kate... Cardinal"&gt;Thacker, Kate...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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18 in. x 24 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=6187944&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Cardinal"&gt;Buy This Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=4065414&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Male Northern Cardinal"&gt;&lt;img alt="Male Northern Cardinal" border="0" height="450" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/29/2960/8FFQD00Z.jpg" width="338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=4065414&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Male Northern Cardinal"&gt;Male Northern Cardinal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=75788&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Jones, Adam Male Northern Cardinal"&gt;Jones, Adam&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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12 in. x 16 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=4065414&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Male Northern Cardinal"&gt;Buy This Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=6012096&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="A Female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis) on a Sunflower Seed Head, Eastern North America"&gt;&lt;img alt="A Female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis) on a Sunflower Seed Head, Eastern North America" border="0" height="450" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/38/3815/U6QIF00Z.jpg" width="338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=6012096&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="A Female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis) on a Sunflower Seed Head, Eastern North America"&gt; A Female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis) on a Sunflower Seed Head, Eastern North America&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=125708&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Maslowski, Steve A Female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis) on a Sunflower Seed Head, Eastern North America"&gt;Maslowski, Steve&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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12 in. x 16 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=6012096&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="A Female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis) on a Sunflower Seed Head, Eastern North America"&gt;Buy This Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=5185738&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Northern Cardinal"&gt;&lt;img alt="Northern Cardinal" border="0" height="400" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/37/3748/QLEZF00Z.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=5185738&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Northern Cardinal"&gt; Northern Cardinal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=122209&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Sibley, David Northern Cardinal"&gt;Sibley, David&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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18 in. x 18 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=5185738&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Northern Cardinal"&gt;Buy This Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=1674488&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Cardinals"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cardinals" border="0" height="320" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/15/1576/MHUDD00Z.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=1674488&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Cardinals"&gt; Cardinals&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=62663&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Jones, Shelley L Cardinals"&gt;Jones, Shelley L&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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20 in. x 16 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=1674488&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Cardinals"&gt;Buy This Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7092771456698636189-5285235445925552241?l=thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com/2011/05/splendor-in-red-photos-and-art-prints.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (William Saur)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092771456698636189.post-5371086919513076102</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 14:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-30T09:18:15.895-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">birds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art</category><title>The Bird Related Art of Pablo Picasso</title><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Some bird related images created by the inimitable Pablo Picasso:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=339316&amp;amp;AID=1412981895&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Owl"&gt;&lt;img alt="Owl" border="0" height="450" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/8/812/P3RI000Z.jpg" width="374" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=339316&amp;amp;AID=1412981895&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Owl"&gt; Owl&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=27394&amp;amp;AID=1412981895&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Picasso, Pablo Owl"&gt;Picasso, Pablo&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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19.625 in. x 23.5 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=339316&amp;amp;AID=1412981895&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Owl"&gt;Buy This Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=328712&amp;amp;AID=1412981895&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Dove of Peace"&gt;&lt;img alt="Dove of Peace" border="0" height="314" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/9/912/VJ9X000Z.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=328712&amp;amp;AID=1412981895&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Dove of Peace"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Dove of Peace&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=27394&amp;amp;AID=1412981895&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Picasso, Pablo Dove of Peace"&gt;Picasso, Pablo&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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28 in. x 22 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=328712&amp;amp;AID=1412981895&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Dove of Peace"&gt;Buy This Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=2106209&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Le Pingouin, c.1907"&gt;&lt;img alt="Le Pingouin, c.1907" border="0" height="450" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/19/1913/APX9D00Z.jpg" width="374" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=2106209&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Le Pingouin, c.1907"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Le Pingouin, c.1907&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=27394&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Picasso, Pablo Le Pingouin, c.1907"&gt;Picasso, Pablo&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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19.5 in. x 23.5 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=2106209&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Le Pingouin, c.1907"&gt;Buy This Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=915287&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Le Flamand Rose"&gt;&lt;img alt="Le Flamand Rose" border="0" height="450" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/10/1012/G7XW000Z.jpg" width="374" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=915287&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Le Flamand Rose"&gt;Le Flamand Rose&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=27394&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Picasso, Pablo Le Flamand Rose"&gt;Picasso, Pablo&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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19.625 in. x 23.625 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=915287&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Le Flamand Rose"&gt;Buy This Allposters.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=144384&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Blue Dove"&gt;&lt;img alt="Blue Dove" border="0" height="308" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/6/664/IGZC000Z.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Blue Dove&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=27394&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Picasso, Pablo Blue Dove"&gt;Picasso, Pablo&lt;br /&gt;
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22.11 in. x 14.75 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=339311&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="The Ostrich"&gt;&lt;img alt="The Ostrich" border="0" height="450" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/8/812/U3RI000Z.jpg" width="374" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Ostrich&lt;br /&gt;
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19.625 in. x 23.625 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=825727&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="La Colombe, 1958"&gt;&lt;img alt="La Colombe, 1958" border="0" height="450" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/9/929/SWWX000Z.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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19.625 in. x 27.5 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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Les Pigeons, c.1957&lt;br /&gt;
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16 in. x 20 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCTitleAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?item=332728&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="The Doves, 1957"&gt;&lt;img alt="The Doves, 1957" border="0" height="450" src="http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/8/806/DDNI000Z.jpg" width="321" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Doves, 1957&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="APCAnchor" href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?c=c&amp;amp;search=27394&amp;amp;AID=1027756927&amp;amp;PSTID=1&amp;amp;LTID=2&amp;amp;lang=1" target="_blank" title="Picasso, Pablo The Doves, 1957"&gt;Picasso, Pablo&lt;br /&gt;
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19.75 in. x 27.625 in.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7092771456698636189-5371086919513076102?l=thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com/2011/05/bird-related-art-of-pablo-picasso.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (William Saur)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092771456698636189.post-8064847030929175276</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 17:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-03T10:32:57.622-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">atlas of rare birds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">books</category><title>Atlas of Rare Birds - Book Review</title><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/026201517X"&gt;Atlas of Rare Birds  By Dominic Couzens&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;"This book tells the story of 50 of the rarest birds in the world". So opens &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/026201517X"&gt;Atlas of Rare Birds  By Dominic Couzens&lt;/a&gt;. The book is divided up into ten sections, with five chosen birds in each section. These sections (with an example bird) are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Back From The Brink (Kakapo)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;The Perils of Island Living (Ultramarine Lorikeet)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Threats in Many Guises (Tristan Albatross)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Migrants (Aquatic Warbler)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Unexpected Calamities (White-rumped Vulture)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Lost Causes? (Spoon-billed Sandpiper)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Controversies (Spotted Owl)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Discoveries (Algerian Nuthatch)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Rediscoveries (Noisy Scrub-bird)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;The Pending Tray (Long-whiskered Owlet)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;I very much like this structure - it adds merit to the book by adding depth to the subject. For example, the section "Unexpected Calamities" tlaks about the precipitous decline of the once abundant (i.e. population in the millions) White-rumped Vulture. Eventually it was traced to a drug used to treat injured cattle that the birds were ingesting. This creates a "lessons learned" aspect to the book. I also like the details provided in the stories e.g. the Kakapo is probably one of the longest living birds in the world with an average life-expectancy of 90 years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Here are some photos of the book from the four pages long Kakapo section - I find this flightless bird and its story to be most interesting!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://caterlotm.blogspot.com/2011/05/entertaining-offbeat-information-on.html"&gt;Entertaining Offbeat Information On The Natural World - The Books of David Quammen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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"David Quammen, a highly regarded popular-science writer and novelist, brings a range of qualities to his work as an interpreter of nature: a journalist's talent for finding a good story and telling it well, a scholar's conviction that facts matter, and an amateur naturalist's passion for learning about the way things work." - Amazon.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7092771456698636189-8064847030929175276?l=thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com/2011/05/atlas-of-rare-birds-book-review.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (William Saur)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SAWFpI1ngIM/TcA1EG23ybI/AAAAAAAAAjM/9ztTngQRCqI/s72-c/atlasOfRareBirdsCover+-+Amazon.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092771456698636189.post-7830636746135131016</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-23T10:03:23.006-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">birding</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">webcams</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">guide to webcams</category><title>Birding in the Age of The Internet - Webcams</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Birdwatching has evolved to the point where you can view birds without ever leaving your home! Now I for one love to go in the field and find birds - there is no substitute for that experience. But I also find it interesting that you can see birds on webcams - and I really like this phenomenon. The recent worldwide publicity regarding the "nestcam" that allowed viewing of the hatching of Bald Eagle babies in Iowa by thousands and thousands of people around the world was remarkable. I think it promotes a love of birds and helps create a will to preserve them because they are so enjoyable to have around.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Here are a couple of websites that maintain updated lists of webcams that are tailored to birdwatching:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mysite.verizon.net/vdziadosz/"&gt;List of Active Nestcams&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Santella presents some of the greatest bird-watching venues in the United States and abroad through interviews with prominent birders, from tour leaders and conservationists to ornithologists and academics. Interviewees include ornithologist Kenn Kaufman; David Allen Sibley, author and illustrator of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0679451226"&gt;The Sibley Guide to Birds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;; Rose Ann Rowlett, the “mother of modern birding”; John Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology; and Steve McCormick, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The places vary from the urban (New York City’s Central Park) to the mystical (the cloud forests of Triunfo in Chiapas, Mexico) to the extremely remote (the sub-Arctic islands of New Zealand). The book includes 40 gorgeous photographs that capture the vibrancy of our feathered friends, and the beautiful places they call home.&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;A general "how-to" book for international birding is absent. This unprecedented new book by top-selling author Les Beletsky (&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/0007242360"&gt;Birds of the World&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/thepassionatebirder-20/detail/B0032FO2QS"&gt;Birdsongs&lt;/a&gt;) will aim to explain why birders are interested in going to other countries and where they like to go. It will act as a "bridge" for domestic birders, allowing them to build on their exciting new knowledge as beginner birders by accessing other countries to see species they cannot see at home. The book, in six chapters, will describe each continent with respect to birds and birding, and tell what kinds of birds birders seek out in those places, along with practical pointers on international birding contacts and field guides. Engaging sidebars throughout the book, tell short stories of birding adventures looking for special birds or unique birding locations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;King penguins in Antarctica, cassowaries in Queensland, cocks-of-the rock in Peru. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;This gorgeous book describes the one hundred best bird-watching sites on the planet.&lt;/span&gt; Introductory sections give an overview of each continent or region, and then each site is listed and ranked on a country-by-country basis. The entries all include a full description, a list of key species, a map, and information on the best time of year to visit. Lavish color photographs capture rare and elusive species as well as some of the world's best avian spectacles, such as the snow goose blizzard at Bosque del Apache and the flocks of lesser flamingos on Africa's Rift Valley lakes. Many birding sites are included for their unique avifauna, endemics, and oddities--the Seychelles, Andasibe in Madagascar, Taveuni in Fiji, and the Alaka`i wilderness in Hawaii, among others. With its truly global coverage--of the huge flocks of wintering geese in Britain and the United States, the cranes in both Japan and France, the "river of raptors" passage at Veracruz in Mexico, and much more--this book will inform and inspire anyone who plans to visit, or who dreams of visiting, these extraordinary locations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;What is the fastest-growing outdoor activity in the U.S.? Snowboarding? Mountain biking? No. It’s bird watching! There are currently 51.3 million dedicated birders in the U.S. with their binoculars focused on the skies. Sure to appeal to this growing flock, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;100 Birds to See Before You Die&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is the ultimate birdwatcher’s book.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Selected by two world-renowned birding authors, the top 100 birds include avian species that are endangered, exceptional common species, and others that have achieved legendary status&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; You won’t need binoculars to spot the huge and powerful, endangered Philippine Eagle or the brightly plumed Andean Cock-of-the-Rock. Each of the 100 featured species is captured in remarkable full-color photographs in their natural habitat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; This fascinating book combines hard-working detail with more unusual facts and mythological anecdotes, making it much more than a typical bird watching book.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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