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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

10,000 Birds

And, that falcons are about as far away from hawks as a bird family could get. Descriptions are totally rewritten from the 2003 regional guides, and though they are essentially the same material as the 2013 main guide, the text has been re-arranged to emphasize important points in less space. This means that loons are no longer first!

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. The Introduction succinctly describes the basic concepts of migration and molt and summarizes raptor families: vultures, eagles, osprey, buteos, accipiters, harriers, kites, falcons. Princeton University Press, 2013.