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HISTORY OF ORNITHOLOGY

 Harry Fuller Birding Tours


SECTION INDEX

Some of my ornithology history pieces were first published by Golden Gate Audubon Society, Berkeley, California.   Some articles now reappear on this website and have been revised and, in some cases, updated. Other articles appear here for the first time. The articles which relate to bibliographies and field guides have been moved to the Books section.

Archaic birdnames (updated February 2008)

Audubon's friends

More Audubon's friends

Bay Area Christmas Bird Counts: Reading the Numbers

Birding Milestones (added September 2008)

Bonaparte's Victories

Dr. Thomas Mayo Brewer (Brewer's Blackbird)

Californian Cormorants

John Cassin of Philadelphia

Chronology of Pacific Coast Ornithology

Early explorers

Farallon Islands

Dr. William Gambel

Kennicott's Owl

MacGillivray's Warbler

Roger Tory Peterson, the first modern birder (added December 2008)

Thayer's Gull

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