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In cities and suburbs all over the developed world, dozens of species of birds are making sometimes uneasy adaptations to the yards and neighborhoods and suburbs of human habitations - this is "subirdia," and a spirited new book takes readers on a tour of it
Read MoreSpurred by a chance encounter with a wounded bird, Michele Raffin steadily grew her hobby into one of the world's most successful sanctuaries for rare and threatened birds in need of rehabilitation.
Read MoreThe world's smallest and busiest birds are the subject of a pretty new book
Read MoreRoger Tory Peterson called them "the butterflies of the bird world" - they're wood warblers, and when it comes to identifying and understanding them, Princeton University Press has published the Bible
Read MoreHe was a young immigrant from Scotland who was inspired by one great man and inspired another, but in between, Alexander Wilson did the pioneering work of creating the American discipline of bird-study. A wonderful new book re-examines his legacy
Read MoreA beautiful new book on one of the most recognizable and evocative of all birds, the barn owl
Read MoreIn his review of "Birds of Eastern North America," Tuc Macfarland explains the benefits and enjoyment of this informative guide on Birds of Eastern North America written by Paul Sterry and Brian E. Small.
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