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Love the idea, but it's just not working for me in execution. Moss gives far too broad an overview of each bird to engage me as a reader. If you have even the most basic knowledge of any of these birds, you are likely not going to learn anything new here. For me, this would have been more effective if it delved into one specific thing/story about each bird (kind of like Eight Bears did), rather than try to do a complete overview in 30-40 pages.

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A #FaveNewSong (okay newish) of mine is Birds of a Feather by Billie Eilish so I‘m pairing it with the tagged book, the #Naturalitsy buddy read selection for February. 🦅 🦜🦩🦤🦢🐓

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Our February #buddyread is Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss. This book examines the relationship between humans and birds, using ten key species from all seven continents to tell this natural history.

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Our February #buddyread is Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss. This book examines the relationship between humans and birds, using ten key species from all seven continents to tell this natural history.

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

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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!

Aw. RIP Tony Soper.

There are things that birds know or can figure out that is comparable to humans and/or other primates. They are smart. Most of us know how smart corvids are, but other birds are smart, too, in different ways, including sparrows, pigeons… some birds that aren‘t “traditionally” thought of as smart. Cont in comments...

Oohhhh, I'm about to be mean.
I'm pretty sure I've read more interesting, detailed and relevant Wikipedia articles. If you googled the birds you can see on the cover, I think you'd get the gist of what is covered in a much more concise and organized fashion. 1/?