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  1. MollyM/CA

    Correct Scientific Pronounciations Needed...

    1. Latin is a dead language. It's pointless to worry about details of pronunciation. Scholars argue about how Shakespeare spoke, and even Jane Austen, and they only died a few hundred years ago. I doubt any Roman of Caesar's time would recognise any kind of Latin speech as taught today. 2...
  2. MollyM/CA

    I need a book. Have a good one?

    I use the Robbins/Zim/Bruun Birds of North America more than any other guide (and as field biologists and teachers we have a 5-foot shelf of them!). Partly, I imagine, because it's the one I started with, and the pictures have ALWAYS been easier for me to match with a bird than any other guide...
  3. MollyM/CA

    what's your favorite N. American Guide?

    There's a lot to be said for the Zim-Robbins Birds of North America. Range maps for every species, right opposite the descriptions, drawings that look to my eye more like the birds than even Sibley's, sonograms for many species, taxonomic order, completeness, and best of all it still goes into a...
  4. MollyM/CA

    Hello from the Valley

    The Great Valley of Central California, that is -- great place for water bird watching. We've been here for 40 years or so and seen many species rebound from the near-extinctions of the market hunting days and the day of uncontrolled habitat degradation, destruction and fragmentation. --And...
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