This is a combination post consisting of three items concerned with writings about birding.

a) I was lucky to win a competition that Mon@rch ran for the book below, for which I was really grateful. I have started reading it, and so far it is proving to be very well written.

(http://monarchbfly.com/2009/01/09/the-life-of-roger-tory-peterson-book-review/)

b) I would also like to recommend a great new blog, “Well Regarded Birds” – by Jamie Chavez. I am envious of the three column layout he found – it is very nice, and made even better by the interesting contents – see link below: (a link can also be found on the “Links” page of this blog)

• Well Regarded Birds
  

c) I have a few “Africa Bird and Birding” magazine issues I would like to clear from my bookshelves. If anyone is interested in them or a couple duplicate flora books, please see link below:

• Magazines and Books for free

Some of the very, very early flowers and butterfly seen today on a fast trip to the lower area of Figueroa Mountain (as far as the first big pullout on the right) and back again. The usual early flowers were seen – California buttercup, fiddleneck, milkmaids, miner’s lettuce, California poppy, lomatium, etc. At least a dozen Sara’s Orangetip butterflies were seen nectaring on fiddleneck near Alamo Pintado Creek, Birabent Canyon.

(Figueroa Mountain – Sara’s Orangetip on fiddleneck – Click image for larger version)

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