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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders (National Audubon Society Field Guides) $9.38 There are about 100,000 kinds of insects in North America, so obviously they can’t have a field guide in the same way the 650 species of birds do: something both portable and complete. The National Audubon Society has produced a remarkably useful compromise. This guide has photographs and descriptions of 550 insect species and 60 kinds of spiders. Most of the families of arthropods on the co…

The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon (Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12) $9.08 John James Audubon was a boy who loved the out-of-doors more than the in. He was a boy who believed in studying birds in nature, not just from books. And, in the fall of 1804, he was a boy determined to learn if the small birds nesting near his Pennsylvania home really would return the following spring. This book reveals how the youthful Audubon pioneered a technique essential to our understanding…

Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song $50.00 ###############################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################…