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A Birds Eye View: The Feather Detective
The Feather Detective by Christopher Sweeney is a unique blend of mystery, memoir, and ornithology. One doesn’t usually think of feathers in the same context of murder and mayhem, but “The Miss Marple of Eiderdown” was often the key to solving crimes and the causes of accidents. Roxie Laybourne, born in 1910 in NC, defied…
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A Birds Eye View: That Last Carolina Summer
That Last Carolina Summer by Karen White is a good summer read. The publisher’s description calls it A Gripping Southern Tale of Sisterhood, Secrets, and the Haunting Power of the Past. Most of the book is set in Mt. Pleasant with accurate descriptions of the marsh, pluff mud and South Carolina summer weather. As a…
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A Birds Eye View: Birding for Boomers
Birding for Boomers: And Everyone Else Brave Enough to Embrace the World’s Most Rewarding and Frustrating Activity is a book by Sneed B. Collard III. The publisher provides a good description: a friendly, accessible, and humorous guide to discovering the joys of bird watching. Beginning birders of all ages will get answers to every question…
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Birds Eye View: eBird – What is it? And how does it work?
Do you use eBird? Maybe you’ve heard of it, but you’re not really sure how to use it. Most bird enthusiasts use eBird to track and report the bird species they see in a particular area. But what exactly is eBird and why should you bother reporting the birds you see? More importantly, HOW do…
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A Bird’s Eye View: Slow Birding
If you have an Amazon Alexa device, you already know Alexa is good at suggesting items for you to buy on Amazon. Usually it’s something I need and she’s just reminding me it’s time to reorder, but with books she often recommends similar reads to what I’ve previously purchased. When Alexa recently suggested a book…
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Ducks at a Distance: A Waterfowl Identification Guide
Winter means ducks come back to South Carolina. They always seem to be rapidly flying away and/or far away. The Fish and Wildlife Service recently published a PDF: “Ducks at a Distance” by Bob Hines of Department of Interiors, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It’s introductory paragraph gives you a good idea of what to…
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A Bird’s Eye View: Migration
Migration is a 2023 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination, and distributed by Universal. The story follows a family of mallards who try to convince their overprotective father to go on a vacation of a lifetime and attempt to migrate from New England, through New York City, to Jamaica. When…