Litsy

Bees of Britain (WildID) | Christopher O\'Toole, Buglife, Chris Shields

I am, as Mrs Bookwomble put it, identifying the fuck out of these bees! 🐝🔍🤓
This is a Garden Bumblebee. Other visitors to the flowering shrub in our back garden have been the Honeybee, of course, a Common Carder Bee and a Red-tailed Bumblebee. The tagged guide has 28 of the most common of the ~250 British bee species, and it's enriching my lazy day in the sun 🌞
Also had a few Common Blue butterflies for variety 🦋

LeahBergen Your wife‘s comment! 😆😆 2w

Bookwomble @LeahBergen Yes! She then said I should allow them to identify however they wished and not impose oppressive human categories on them. She has a point! ✊ 2w

sarahbarnes I love all of this. 😆 🐝💪🏼 2w

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LeahBergen 😆😆 2w

CarolynM Please pass on my thanks to Mrs Bookwomble for the laugh 🤣 2w

Bookwomble @sarahbarnes 😊 1w

Bookwomble @CarolynM Have done 😊 1w

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psalva

A Natural History of American Birds of Eastern and Central North America | Edward Howe Forbush, John Bichard May

I love finding watermarks! I hauled this book recently and, beyond the well-written descriptions and plates which will be an excellent birding resource, I was thrilled to find this watermark for Warren‘s Olde Style. A quick search uncovers that this was a line from S.D. Warren Company, Boston. The official description, taken from an advertising digest I found online is, “a watermarked antique finish for type and line illustration.” Cool!

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ElizaMarie

What Tree is That?: A Guide to the More Common Trees Found in North America | Arbor Day Foundation

@dabbe You are such a kind and loving persons Thank you so much for honoring JuJuB in this way 🌲🌲🌲🩷🩷🩷🩷

CoffeeNBooks 💙 9mo

AmyG How nice!!! 9mo

dabbe @CoffeeNBooks 🩶🖤🩶 9mo

dabbe @AmyG 🩶🖤🩶 9mo

dabbe JuJuB has lots of new trees to explore beyond Rainbow Bridge, and now there'll be more for people and pups to enjoy here as well. Thinking of you. 🩶🖤🩶 9mo

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psalva

A Guide to the Behavior of Common Birds | Donald W. Stokes, Lillian Q. Stokes

This book has been an interesting addition to my recent bird-watching frenzy. It‘s the kind of thing that I probably won‘t read straight through but it makes a great reference. It covers 25 common birds and gives an accessible profile of behaviors relating to territory, courtship, nesting, breeding, plumage, seasonal movement, and social behavior. I have gained a new appreciation for many of the birds in my local area already. ⬇️

psalva Bird Depicted: fledgling American Robin. I spotted it while on a walk last weekend. It stood stock still. I was worried it was hurt, but I‘ve been assured that sometimes fledglings will freeze rather than fly off, particularly if they are not confident with their wings yet. I only stopped for a brief photo so I didn‘t scare it more. 11mo

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Chrissyreadit

Nature's Garden: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants | Samuel Thayer

It is our last #fridaynightshare for #midwintersolace I can‘t wait to see tha nature books chosen.

TheBookHippie, jenniferw88, AllDebooks

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WildAlaskaBibliophile

The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens | Robert Burton

We got more snow overnight, turning our birdfeeders into ice, snow, and icicle art. Looking forward to a morning spent reading. ❄️😊

CarolynM Wow! 1y

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Robotswithpersonality

The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America | Matt Kracht

so-so

Is it weird that I felt bad for the birds after a while? The premise is catchy, but swearing and making deprecating remarks as a thin veil over providing facts about different birds gets old after a while. Might be an obvious point, but, I think if, unlike me, you're actually looking for a bird guide, there are better out there. As a comic exercise, this wore thin. And the inexplicable section on extinct birds was just depressing. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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