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The Extreme Raptor Weekend Round-Up

10,000 Birds

On October 15-16th, 2011 Nikon Birding teamed up with Hawk Mountain and Cabela’s to host a blow-out weekend focusing on raptors. He is consistently on national television, state fairs and birding shows all over United States. What can you notice about the tail of this bird?

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Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

10,000 Birds

Here are three excellent but very different children’s books I enjoyed this year (two were published in 2013, one in 2011). Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S. Dawn Publications, March 2011. by Carol L.