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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

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But whatever birders think about falconry, someone is sure interested in reading about it – they’re lapping the stuff up, from Helen Macdonald’s big prizewinning kahuna of 2014, H is For Hawk, reviewed here , and further discussed here , to Big Brother: A Falconer’s Journey and the Healing Power of Wildlife , reviewed just a few weeks ago here.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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I put it in a small box for several hours, where it appeared to recover, but studies have shown that internal injuries from a strike usually kill the bird. FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. The more glass, the more bird kills. ©2012 Donna L.

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A Most Remarkable Book

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The Northern crested caracara, below, was photographed in Skycomish, Washington, 45 miles east of Seattle, in 2014.) million deer killed by cars in 2017-18, plus many smaller mammals), caracaras, famously omnivorous and unfussy eaters, may find the North to their liking. Knopf, New York, $30 (U.S.); $40 (Canada).

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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Other areas of New York City where the parakeets were seen in 1970 included the upper East side of Manhattan, Great Kills, Staten Island, Ellis Island and the area around the Statue of Liberty. ProQuest Historical Newspapers, viewed July 17, 2014. This is curious, because these are not areas where the parakeets thrive today.*

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The conservation and birding world, including 10,000 Birds, went into mourning back in 2014, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Martha, the last of the Passenger Pigeons. A foot deep by some accounts, it killed what life was left in the forest. They have a hard enough time with Canada Geese.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Canada Jay – Perisoreus canadensis. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Tualatin River NWR. 04 May 2018. Central Park.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Canada Jay – Perisoreus canadensis. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Tualatin River NWR. 04 May 2018. Central Park.

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