I am pleased to announce that the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia will host the official book launch for “The Real James Bond” on Tuesday evening, March 3. I’ll do a talk, a Q&A, and book signing. Bond worked
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A Cassin’s Kingbird was photographed at the Cape May Hawkwatch on Sunday morning, Oct. 13. If accepted by NJBRC, this will be the first state record. That struck me as very cool since this bird of the Southwest was named
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In the 2002 007 film “Die Another Day,” James Bond the secret agent posed as James Bond the ornithologist and even held a copy of one of the later editions of Bond’s landmark field guide — with Bond’s name obliterated.
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The cover of my upcoming book has generated a bit of speculation. Is the bird’s head that of: a. A Cuban Green Woodpecker. b. A Flameback Woodpecker from Asia c. Another species of woodpecker, going undercover. I decided to ask
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I am a big fan of the bird/man on the front cover of my upcoming book, but what kind of bird’s head is that? A couple of birding experts weighed in. It is either a Cuban Green Woodpecker or a
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