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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. 2019), and now this book. wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan. Author Joshua Hammer.

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2

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of Army Medical Department 1815-1851. The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. The poor bird’s Latin species name is macgrigoriae , apparently (HBW) named after Jane Grant McGrigor, the daughter of Maj.-Gen.

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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

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The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition (and which may remind some people of a Nora Ephron essay). My Wryneck, Fang, Thailand, February 2019; copyright © Donna L. copyright © 2022 Gerard Gorman.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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US-NY-New York-Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center – 40.6603x-73.9325. Big Egg Marsh. Finca Hamadryas. 09 Jan 2016. Cape May Warbler – Setophaga tigrina. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. 20 Apr 2016. Cerulean Warbler – Setophaga cerulea. 10 May 2016. Northern Parula – Setophaga americana. 03 Jan 2016. 25 Apr 2016.

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