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Hawks At A Distance: A Timely Classic

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” In addition to Hawks At A Distance , Jerry Liguori wrote a complementary guide, Hawks from Every Angle: How to Identify Raptors In Flight (PUP, 2005) and was a co-author (with Richard Crossley and Brian L. Sure, they’re beautiful and powerful, a reminder of the feral freedom of the skies. Happy Hawk watching.”

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 2)

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Honeyeaters are a large bird family (190 species) with a strong presence in Australia. According to the HBW entry for this species, it “has been claimed that loss of native mammals after European settlement created shortage of nesting material, explaining this species’ penchant for taking hair from humans.”

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Hawks At A Distance: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Sure, they’re beautiful and powerful, a reminder of the feral freedom of the skies. He is also the author of my current favorite hawk book, Hawks From Every Angle: How To Identify Raptors In Flight (PUP, 2005). The number of plates per species varies, which makes a lot of sense. I confess, I don’t always love hawks.

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