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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

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In training, the falconer must never think of rewards and punishments, Nancy Cowan (pictured below, with her Harris’s hawk, Scoter), tells her: “They don’t serve us. As Montgomery shows, falconry is different from any other human/animal interaction. We serve them.”. Could I do this?”

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And So It Begins

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But I’ll trade Red-taileds any day for a Northern Harrier , a lovely pair of Peregrine Falcons , and the surprising presence of a pair of Crested Caracaras , normally seen at much lower elevations. A wonderfully close Peregrine Falcon. Believe it or not, Caracaras (in spite of their 4-foot wingspan) are falcons, not hawks.

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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

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Then there were a few Hawfinches and two young Black Storks , Little Bittern , Great White Egret , Glossy Ibis , Common Kingfisher , Syrian Woodpecker , Peregrine Falcon , Red-backed Shrike , Lesser Grey Shrike , Collared Flycatcher and a family of Western Yellow Wagtails.

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The Pleasures of Collective Nouns and Murder — a Review

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The others (in order of publication and story-line, A Siege of Bitterns , A Pitying of Doves , and A Cast of Falcons ) are all now available here in new editions, according to the publisher. The latest, A Shimmer of Hummingbirds , is the first to be widely distributed in the United States.

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Post Apocalyptic Steampunk Birding

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Set in an abandoned oil refinery where wildlife is slowly regaining control save for the desperate attempts of golfers to retain all eighteen holes, industrial ghosts loom over rolling freshwater lakes bordered by fifty foot tall trees. Peregrine Falcon. For the most part, vultures occupied the sky. Little Blue Heron. Black Vulture.

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Sell your House with Birds!

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House prices which were already starting at high have now progressed past stupidly high and eye-wateringly high and are now at the point where I’m contemplating abandoning civilisation and living in a cave in Siberia. Even very rare species like Saddlebacks, Stichbirds and Whiteheads can be found in some gardens.

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Aplomado Twitch in Costa Rica

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They are the Desert Wheatears and Siberian Thrushes that abandon all reason and fly to Britain (maybe they heard about the UK Birdfair ?). Although the Aplomado Falcon is on the list, it’s not resident and there are few records, most of which seem to pertain to juveniles that wander into the country at this time of year.