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Film Review of Winged Migration

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon January 21, 2007

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

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The Internet Bird Collection (IBC)

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon January 17, 2007July 8, 2008

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

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My Three Favorite Bird Guides

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon December 15, 2006July 8, 2008

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

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Kaufman Field Guides

Written by The Birdfreak Teamon December 4, 2006July 8, 2008

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

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Birdfreak Natural History Book Club

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Natural History Book discussions, group reads and more!

Books we’ve read

Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Desert Solitaire
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
Silent Spring
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America



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