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| Collier County Audubon Society ~ Naples, Florida | ||
Audugram is the Collier County Audubon Society's newsletter and is published monthly from October through April. It is mailed to all Collier County Audubon Society members. most recent newsletter: April, 2010 Other on-line publications Audubon (National Audubon Society) Florida Naturalist (Audubon of Florida) National Wildlife (National Wildlife Federation) Nature (The Nature Conservancy) The Great Florida Birding Trail (Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission) |
Magazines about birding Birders are fortunate in having several very attractive and informative magazines devoted to their hobby. No matter what your level of expertise, there's one for you. Local bookstores may or may not not carry them. However, excellent previews are available on the Internet, at the sites given below. The review comments come from the Florida Museum of Natural History/University of Florida web site. Level: beginner Glossy and photo-based, with equal emphasis on gardening and birding, which often overlap, and some on butterflies. Lots of reader submissions -- letters, comments, photos, and suggestions. Published quarterly Level: beginner to intermediate. About the size of Reader's Digest but half as thick. Emphasis on bird behavior, attracting birds to the backyard, and the pleasures and surprises of observing and feeding birds, written at the layman's level. More text than WildBird or Birder's World. Six issues per year. Level: beginner to intermediate. Glossy and photo-based, with a slight emphasis on colorful, dramatic species and celebrated birding spots rather than backyard birds. Twelve issues per year. Level: beginner to intermediate. Also glossy and photo-based, but directed a bit more towards the backyard birder; imagine a hybrid offspring of Birdwatcher's Digest and WildBird. Six issues per year. Level: intermediate to advanced. This one is not available in stores. You can only get it by joining the American Birding Association; the $40 membership fee ($20 for students) includes 6 issues per year. A magazine of primary interest to "serious" birders. Articles on difficult identification problems, recent taxonomic decisions, birding hotspots around the world, new optics and other equipment, and book reviews, plus a photo quiz. Level: advanced, irrational, obsessive. Also not available in stores. You must subscribe through the American Birding Association for $28 per year (4 issues, one each for winter, spring migration, nesting season, and fall migration). This magazine is of interest solely to "serious" birders, and not all of them. Region by region, it lists the season's unusual sightings. Florida usually has 2-3 pages, while the rest of the magazine is devoted to other states and regions, a continental overview of the season, and one or two feature articles. | |
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