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Newly Noted: The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles

Following upon the success of Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson’s delightfully enlightening The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, Johns Hopkins University Press has recently released The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles by the same three authors.

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John Riutta | February 10, 2012 | 0 Comments
Newly Noted: The Plume Hunter

That birds were once ruthlessly hunted for their feathers is a well known fact. However what still to this day remains largely unexplored are the individual motivations, thoughts, and feelings about it of the individuals most intimately involved in it: the plume hunters themselves.

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John Riutta | February 8, 2012 | 0 Comments
Forthcoming Title: Cotingas and Manakins

Princeton University Press has announced the forthcoming publication of Guy M. Kirwan and Graeme Green’s Cotingas and Manakins.

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John Riutta | February 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
Forthcoming Title: The Bluebird Effect

“A Harvard educated biologist with the soul of a poet, Ms. Zickefoose has become beloved to countless readers, as well as National Public Radio listeners, as a keen interpreter of the natural world.”

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John Riutta | January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment
Forthcoming Title: Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide

Princeton University Press has announced the forthcoming publication of Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide by Steve N. G. Howell.

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John Riutta | January 27, 2012 | 0 Comments
FLASH! Filson / Le Chameau Wellies to be Produced

Well-informed hunters, bird watchers, and all others who pursue an activity requiring prolonged plodding over wet or muddy terrain know the value of a well-designed, soundly-constructed Wellington boot.

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John Riutta | January 20, 2012 | 0 Comments
Binoculars for Naturalists

Regardless of your favorite nature-oriented activity – from bird watching to botany – everyone involved in naturalist pursuits needs a good binocular. The question is “which one?” Here are a few of our favorites.

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John Riutta | January 2, 2012 | 1 Comment
Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed

With the publication of Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed; An Introduction to Birdsong, Simon Barnes brings his unique combination of professional experience and amateur enthusiasm to a very wide potential readership; one that includes not only bird watchers of all levels of experience but those who don’t necessarily even consider themselves bird watchers as well.

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John Riutta | November 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
The Peregrine, The Hill of Summer, and Diaries

Should you wish to identify a Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) you would most certainly consult a field guide. Should you wish to know a bit more about what ornithologists have discovered concerning this species, a life history or ornithological monograph about them would be your best bet. However if you wish to discover what makes [...]

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John Riutta | September 7, 2011 | 0 Comments
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Calpurnia Tate is the child all naturalists wish they were as children: endlessly curious, possessing of boundless energy, and most important of all, beginning their explorations of the natural world at an age when the mind has not yet been conditioned to repress questions because they might seem silly or pointless to others.

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John Riutta | August 23, 2010 | 1 Comment

Newly Noted: The Discovery of Jeanne Baret

John Riutta | February 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

Although Glynis Ridley’s The Discovery of Jeanne Baret; A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe was released by Random House back in December of 2010, it escaped our attention at the time.

Forthcoming Title: What the Robin Knows

John Riutta | February 3, 2012 | 1 Comment

“Mr. Young’s background, as well as his years of work teaching tracking skills and nature awareness to others, holds the promise that this may be a very interesting book indeed.”

Big Garden Bird Watch

John Riutta | January 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

Just a reminder to all our readers in the UK that the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch takes place this week-end, 28 and 29 January 2012.

Leupold Katmai Binocular to be Discontinued

John Riutta | January 25, 2012 | 0 Comments

Perhaps the most unfortunate news discovered at the 2012 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada was that of the discontinuation of the Katmai binocular by the American optical firm Leup

Featured

Newly Noted: The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles

Newly Noted: The Plume Hunter

Forthcoming Title: Cotingas and Manakins

Forthcoming Title: The Bluebird Effect

Forthcoming Title: Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide

FLASH! Filson / Le Chameau Wellies to be Produced

Binoculars for Naturalists

Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed

The Peregrine, The Hill of Summer, and Diaries

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

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Newly Noted: The Discovery of Jeanne Baret

Forthcoming Title: What the Robin Knows

Big Garden Bird Watch

Leupold Katmai Binocular to be Discontinued