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Beyond Birdwatching
More Than There Is to Know About Birding
by John Sill ; Ben Sill ; Cathryn Sill
ISBN: 1561450847
ISBN-13: 9781561450848
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Peachtree Pub Ltd
Published date: 1993
Size: 7 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 0.45 pounds
Publisher's Notes
The bestselling authors of Field Guides to Little-Known and Seldom-Seen Birds of North America have turned their wicked wit on the entire world of birdwatching in a hysterical parody of your favorite birding magazine. 46 illus., 20 in color.
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Beyond Birdwatching: More Than There Is to Know About Birding
Ben Sill, Cathryn Sill, John Sill
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Ben Sill; Cathryn Sill; John Sill
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Sill, Ben; Sill, Cathryn; Sill, John
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