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Inside a Bald Eagle’s Nest: A Photographic Journey through the American Bald Eagle Nesting Season

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The Bald Eagle is not just an American symbol, it is also a quintessentially American story. Inside a Bald Eagle’s Nest: A Photographic Journey through the American Bald Eagle Nesting Season , by Teena Ruark Gorrow and Craig A. As an experiment, I also ran this book by a non-birding friend.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? .

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Year of the Eagle

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After three years of observation at a Bald Eagle nest in Washington state, I believe that young birds do, in fact, learn to fly — and they appear to learn much the same way we do. My work focused on a consistently productive bald eagle nest in Kirkland, Wash., … Birds Bald Eagle raptors'

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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Do you really need to have Kai’s birding experience further detailed not just by month but a level below? As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. I wonder what Americans would think if, in a Wikipedia entry, a Bald Eagle would be illustrated using a photo taken at an Albanian zoo.

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

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This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. She is one of the best nature writers I’ve encountered in recent years, able to paint experiences with emotional immediacy. Northern Fulmar, image courtesy of Peter Hodum.

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Birds In a Changing Climate: A Primer

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The vast majority of you reading this accept it is happening, and for the time being it is caused by humans. Conversely, parts of the world that have traditionally been quite dry may experience more rainfall. Climate Change. As deserts expand, birds suited to arid climates may be just fine.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

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It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk. I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. The publication of this new title is again an occasion for excitement (how can you can you not get excited when looking at photographic layouts like the one of Bald Eagles shown above?)