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Information with Audubon Groups
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Opportunities for all Levels of 'Birders' Do you want to identify bird calls, or upload bird songs that you have recorded for others to identify? Check out Xeno-Canto!
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While the project is no longer active, the data that was collected by citizen scientists has contributed to a better understanding of hummingbird distribution and migration throughout Texas. Maps include county-level information about where different species were observed and how often.
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Hummingbirds : a life-size guide to every species
by Michael Fogden
Filled with beautifully rendered watercolor illustrations, this first-of-its-kind book showcases all 337 species of hummingbirds in their true-to-life size, along with short descriptions, maps and factual information. 25,000 first printing.
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The Way of the Hummingbird : In Legend, History & Today's Gardens
by Virginia C. Holmgren
Seemingly everything you've ever wanted to know about hummingbirds is packed into this comprehensive volume by a contributing editor to Birdwatcher's Digest. Holmgren includes legends and scientific facts (for example, the hummingbird's unusual plumage is explained first in Mayan Indian stories and then from a scientific point of view), as well as obscure details (hummingbirds fight, according to scientific data, because the birds have so little body mass that they are unable to store food, and, therefore, they spar fiercely for nutrients; one legend has it that hummingbirds can't sing because their vocal cords are underdeveloped).
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John James Audubon : the making of an American
by Richard Rhodes
A landmark biography of artist John James Audubon furnishes an illuminating study of the private and family life of the master illustrator of the natural world, detailing his arrival in America from France in 1803, his life in frontier Kentucky, and his extraordinary images of native American wildlife. By the award-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb.
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