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Book Review: Vesper Flights

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 by JoeAnn Hart

by Helen Macdonald Vesper flights is the name of the sunset behavior of swifts, who rise high into the air, out of sight, in order to reorient themselves to the …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Anthropocene, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Nonfiction, Sustainability, What we're reading

Book Review: To get to the other side: Crossings

December 28, 2023October 15, 2023 by John Yunker

In Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet author Ben Goldfarb shines a light on the millions of animals who perish on our roads. There are …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, History, Nonfiction, Rewilding, W. W. Norton & Company, Wolves

The Ecological Citizen: Vol 6. No. 2

July 29, 2023 by John Yunker

The slogan for The Ecological Citizen is Confronting human supremacy in defense of the Earth. Which is why I welcome each new issue, including this recent edition, published recently. Essays …

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Categories Anthropocene, Conservation, Endangered Species, Journals and Magazines, What we're reading

Book Review: The Gatekeeper of America’s Seasons: Edwin Way Teale’s four iconic environmental books

December 28, 2023June 24, 2023 by Ron Halvorson

Author Edwin Way Teale, a somewhat forgotten naturalist extraordinaire, was a pleasing lyrical writer who followed the seasons across America in cross-country car trips with his wife Nellie four times …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, History, Nonfiction, Plants, PNW, Trees

The Creative Lives of Animals: Understanding the artists around us

November 25, 2022 by John Yunker

Creativity is something that is easier to identify than to explain. And one person’s definition of creativity may vary from your definition. For proof, you need only enter the modern …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, New York University Press, Nonfiction, What we're reading

Halcyon Journey: Searching for Kingfishers

June 30, 2022June 28, 2022 by John Yunker

Kingfishers are birds more often heard than seen. Walk next to Bear Creek here in the Rogue Valley and you will probably hear them, though seeing them is not so …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Nonfiction, Oregon State University Press

Book Review: The Insect Crisis

March 5, 2022 by John Yunker

The subtitle of the must-read book The Insect Crisis by Oliver Milman is The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run the World. Tiny empires indeed. Consider the following: Three …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Gardening, Insects, Nonfiction, Organic Farming, Plants, Pollution, Sustainability, What we're reading

One Long River of Song

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 by JoeAnn Hart

Notes on Wonder By Brian Doyle Little, Brown and Co, 2019 During that small window of time this year when it seemed safe enough to travel abroad, this book was …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, Ecology, Nonfiction, PNW, What we're reading

Book Review: A Most Remarkable Creature

December 28, 2023October 1, 2021 by John Yunker

In A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Bird of Prey Jonathan Meiburg has crafted an epic ode to the caracara, a long-overlooked …

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Categories Alfred A. Knopf, Animal Behavior, Anthropocene, Birds, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, History, Nonfiction, Oceans, What we're reading

Book Review: The Meaning of Birds by Simon Barnes

April 18, 2021 by Melissa Dennihy

In The Meaning of Birds, Simon Barnes traces the history of birds—as well as humans’ relationships and interactions with them—over several millennia and across multiple continents. Barnes is a UK-based …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Pegasus Books

Picture Book Review: A Garden to Save the Birds by Wendy McClure; illustrated by Beatriz Mayumi

March 30, 2021 by Lillie Gardner

Beautifully illustrated, the heartwarming story of A Garden to Save the Birds begins with the “BAP!” of a bird flying into a window. Young Callum and his sister Emmy run outside to …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, Children's Books
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