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Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada: A Book Review

October 1, 2024 by Donna No Comments

It’s a freezing, quiet January morning in Denver, Colorado. The year is 2011 and I might be the only person left in the hotel....

Politics, Reviews

A Little Queer Natural History

September 24, 2024 by Peter 1 Comment

The “clickbait” title for this post could well have been “The gays are making our bears queer” but no, this is a book review,...

Cover of LIGHTS OUT: A Movement to Help Migrating Birds by Jessica Stremer, Illustrated by Bonnie Pang

Birding, Reviews

LIGHTS OUT: A MOVEMENT TO HELP MIGRATING BIRDS: A KidLit Bird Book Review

September 10, 2024 by Susan Wroble 3 Comments

Author Jessica Stremer set out to write a picture book about all the dangers faced by migrating birds. When she submitted her manuscript to her agent,...

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Bird Pellets: A Complete Photographic Guide–A Book Review

September 3, 2024 by Donna No Comments

Bird pellets are wondrous things. Open them up and see tiny mammal skulls, teeny thigh bones, beetle wings, fusty feathers, squirrel hair, reptile scales,...

Birds, Reviews

“Space for Birds” — a book review

August 24, 2024 by Mark No Comments

Dr. Roberta L. Bondar’s handsome new book of photographs, Space for Birds: Patterns and Parallels of Beauty and Flight, comes in two halves, but...

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Testing the new NL 14x52s by Swarovski

August 18, 2024 by Dragan 4 Comments

When the new NL 10x and 14×52 mm binoculars were announced by Swarovski Optik, even though I find this series a bit oversized for...

Cover of picture book HOW BIRDS SLEEP by Sarah Pedry and DavidObuchowski

Birding, Reviews

HOW BIRDS SLEEP: A KidLit Bird Book Review

August 13, 2024 by Susan Wroble 2 Comments

What one thing do parents of younger children always need? Bedtime books. The best ones are interesting but soothing, familiar yet new. They are books that...