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Andalucia’s City-Slicker Falcons

10,000 Birds

They can be challenging to identify, especially if you haven’t seen one before, though with experience they are not really so difficult. The birds I saw there were most likely Asian breeders, for they don’t start to migrate north until March, by which time the European-breeding birds are already crossing the Mediterranean.

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

10,000 Birds

It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* state and Canadian provinces.