Predicting the future is sorta like picking football results. The longer into the future your prediction, the higher the probability you will be wrong. So, what is in the years ahead for birders? As we get more fast-paced and high-tech, we think birders will become more advanced as they make a push to slow down
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Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia (Princeton Field Guides) is a high quality, wonderful bird guide worthy of every birder’s bookshelf. The guide covers a large region which includes: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia. Each species profile includes extensive information with adjacent map. The color plates are less crowded than
This pair of Horned Grebes was digiscoped at Rock Cut State Park last weekend when Birdfreak led a field trip.
Birds of Eastern Africa: Updated Edition (Princeton Illustrated Checklists) is perhaps the best field guide for this region of the world. The guide covers Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Socotra Island (Yemen); which includes some 1,487 species of birds!! With only six pages of introductory text and limited space allowed for each species, the
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This photo was taken in 2005 in southern Texas at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Birds consists of over 600 pages of fantastic coverage of all the bird families of the world. Instead of covering each individual species, the family accounts provide general information about the behaviors, habitat, distribution, and conservation status with some individual references to specific species. “Factfiles”, highlighted boxes of information, include maps,
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