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Can the Falcons Win the Super Bowl?

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The hours are ticking down to Super Bowl LI, a hotly anticipated contest between perennial contenders New England Patriots and the upstart, high-flying Atlanta Falcons. Will the Atlanta Falcons actually win the Super Bowl? Go Falcons! Of course, the team who conquered the best of the NFC can win the Super Bowl. But will they?

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Brian Stoneman has fallen asleep

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Brian Stoneman (1946-2009) was a friend of mine and a top class birder. He grew up in the London East End and spoke hardly understandable cockney.

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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Utility” by Howell and five other notable birding authors ( Birding , 2009^). Regardless of whether you think field guide sequences should or should not reflect current evolutionary sequence, it’s comforting and easy to find falcons next to hawks, vireos next to warblers. All plumage variations are clearly labelled.

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Raptors of Mexico and Central America: A Book Review

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The guide presents 69 species and 1 subspecies, from “NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes” to “OSPREY: Pandioninae” to “FAMILY: Accipitridae” (Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Hawk-Eagles), to “FALONIDS: Falconidae” (Falcons, Forest-Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels, Merlin). Here’s a sample of Plate 30, Bat Falcon and Orange-Breasted Falcon (pp.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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At the same time, a Peregrine Falcon flies across the valley. Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. Adult male bears in Greece usually weight about 150 kg and up to 200 kg, he explains further.

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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario: A Field Guide Review

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He’s one of the best photographic portraitists of birds in North America with a number of field guides on his resume, including his own Birds of Eastern North America: A Photographic Guide and Birds of Western North America: A Photographic Guide ( co-authored with Paul Sterry, PUP, 2009).

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

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” ( Birding , November 2009). When you review the system, it makes perfect sense: falcons are placed with hawks, nightjars are next to owls, and grebes are close to ducks, rather than separated from them by quail and grouse. Then again, try explaining to a new birder why falcons come after woodpeckers and before parrots!