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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Fifth Edition
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The Backyard Birdsong Guide: Eastern and Central North America (Backyard Birdsong Guides)
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Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America
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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America (Peterson Field Guides(R))
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The Sibley Guide to Birds
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The Importance of Keeping a Bird Watching Life List The bird watching life list is a record kept by the birders. This also serves as a tracker device for the people involved in the activity and for those who are conducting related studies. And this is a very important tool for those who love the action and actually has the passion for such.

Bird Watchers The people that are being categorized as bird watchers are those who are only starting out. Everybody who is into this activity first become a bird watcher or just a mere observer. Their curiosity actually lead them to look and then look more until they\'ve developed a habit of looking farther to see what the birds are doing and how they do it. For such type, a journal would be fine. This is where they jot down their observations for the purpose of not forgetting. These notes would actually be helpful if they take their hobby to a different level, by being a birder. But for now, let the simple note taking do it for them. Theirs is more simple task because what they see is far from scientific because they still don\'t have the equipment and the ability to see beyond what their naked eyes seem to tell them. Birders These are the more passionate people about the craft. They are not merely hobbyists, they do this to study and relate their observation with scientific research. This group would invest on materials to strengthen their claims. They are always on the lookout for the newest technology that could help them navigate more thoroughly. Birders go where the birds are. Through research, they go the extra mile to travel where the birds that they haven\'t seen or haven\'t been seen by many are situated. The keep track of what happened on their journey. They take notes along the way. Life List This is what the electronic or written records contain. Such things can be done by the birders. As they search for the species, the venues in which they could find more types, and looking out for yet to be discovered kinds of birds, they contain it all in a life list. The information in a life list should include where a certain type of bird was seen, classifying the bird and the date when it was seen. Noting what the bird\'s usual activities are and how they went on about such is also part of this. The birders have variety and long list of this kind. It shows their history as an enthusiast of how far they have gone in terms of the activity and how much they have already seen and learned in the process. They can always go back to this data to change or modify some information depending on their further observation. This is the reason why as days or years go by and as the number of life lists being made by a birder piles up the data gear more towards being scientific because more proofs are available when anyone tries to contest what was recorded. Keeping a bird watching life list would also benefit people in the future. As the study about the different types of birds become more and more varied, people can always refer on the information provided by the birders on this list for further researches to become more and more accurate.

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Another Gold, Another World Record (San Francisco Chronicle)

Jamaican superstar Usain (Lightning) Bolt broke the most revered world record on the books Wednesday night when he flew down the track in the 200-meter final at the Bird's Nest in an astounding 19.30 seconds. It was his second gold medal and second world...

Early bird gets the book worm at Mason Library (The Pulse-Journal)

The Mason Public Library is having an early bird special for its fall book sale.

Early bird gets the book worm at Mason Library (The Western Star)

The Mason Public Library is having an early bird special for its fall book sale. Purchase a cloth book bag for $5 and shop from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 20.

Stunning Bolt sets 200m Olympic world record (TODAYonline)

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the men's 200m final at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Bolt won the men's 200 metres gold medal at the Olympics on Wednesday to complete the sprint double in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds.

Bolt sets 200m world record to claim sprint double (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Jamaican Usain Bolt streaked to the 200m gold in world record time Wednesday to complete the sprint double for the first time in 24 years at the Olympic Games and then loudly declared himself "Number One".