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Oil spill puts birds at risk

The next victims of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be the birds that depend on the region’s fertile shorelines, bayous and marshes. In this video from the Discovery Channel, Michael Fry of the American Bird Conservancy talks to Jorge Ribas about the situation and highlights the birds at risk. It’s a very [...]

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Best bird book

Many consider the best bird book to be Peterson Field Guides’ Birds of Eastern and Central North America. I’ve got an older copy and it’s terrific. Peterson created a field guide that Robert Bateman, in his foreword to the fifth edition, says was the doorway for millions of people into the wonderland of natural history. According [...]

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