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Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests: A Field Guide Review

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This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the infamous passion known as oology), but probably more from people’s burgeoning interest in the nests and eggs found in their gardens and fields, gateway artifacts to a newer hobby called birdwatching. Baicich and Colin J.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

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Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. And of eggs and nests and birds on nests. Some people love books like that. Peregrine Falcon nests.

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Puffin Trip in Maine

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When Daisy started talking about a family trip to Maine for the long Memorial Day Weekend I had one thing on my mind: puffins! Eastern Egg Rock is a tiny, rocky island well within site of the Maine-land. They were reintroduced to Eastern Egg Rock starting in 1973 , with over a thousand young transported from Canada over several years.

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MIA

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Especially the bird breeding season, which passes by at the blink of an eye. But I took an opportunity to go down to Manitoba with Travis to see my family. This pair first appeared four years ago, and are amongst the most northerly known breeding Pacific Loons in North America. Birding Arctic Canada loons Pacific Loons'

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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The National Audubon Society Birds of North America covers all species seen in mainland United States, Canada and Baja California. Using the icons to locate specific bird families takes a little getting used to, but if you do it often it works well as a finding tool. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H.

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Driven to Distraction

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As far as I can tell it is the most northern breeding record for the species. Last year the nest failed, the eggs apparently not viable, never hatching. I had crossed the stream and was approaching for a quick look to see how many eggs were in the nest this year. A quick peek revealed a rapidly growing family of six nestlings.

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