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Prairie Falcon Attack on a Northern Shoveler

10,000 Birds

One is his focus on ethical photography. The other is tied to this focus on ethical photography. With the duck dead in the water the falcon would alternate between perching on the causeway while watching the duck and occasionally flying over it for an apparent closer look. She claims her prize.

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

10,000 Birds

2012), and (4) Waterfowl of Eastern North America, 2nd ed. Bravo to the American Birding Association and Scott & Nixon on their excellent 20th field guide! * *Sports teams with bird names are the Toronto Blue Jays (baseball), Toronto Raptors (basketball), Raptors 905 (basketball), Toronto Falcons (hockey).

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The Australian Bird Guide: A Review

10,000 Birds

Falcons follow hawks in the book, for example, while falcons follow hoopoes in the 2015 IOC World Bird List, and I think most of us (I’m looking at you, Jochen) will agree that the guide’s arrangement makes sense intuitively and pragmatically, if not taxonomically. 2009): Field Guide To Australian Birds, rev.

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