I have been reading reviews and listening to the buzz about birdJam and decided it was time to order. I had purchased an iPod video with the intentions of loading all my bird sounds onto it so I could study while at work. (Even marketing can get a bit boring at times). The problem was
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Title: Winged Migration Director: Jacques Perrin Running Time: 89 minutes Winged Migration, a 2002 documentary that was nominated for an Academy Award, is the result of four years of work by Jacques Perrin, a French director with an impressive list of films that he’s either acted in, produced, or directed. The film is set to
The IBC is a non-profit organization with the goal of spreading knowledge of the world’s birds through video. In September of 2002 the IBC had only 172 species in its video library. As of today, there are over 12,000 videos covering 3,259 species or roughly a third of the world’s total number. The Handbook of
It is time to choose my three favorite bird guides. Why three? Because one won’t do and I need to narrow down the dozens I have. My favorite is “The Big Sibley”, better known as The National Audubon Society Sibley Guide to Birds. Big and bulky this book has changed the way birders bird much
Although they’ve been out awhile I thought I would write a quick post about Kenn Kaufman’s Field Guides to North American Birds. What is super cool about Kaufman is that he created the first (and I believe ONLY) bird field guide in Spanish! I think Kenn lost money on the book but still what a
