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Hawks In Flight, Second edition: A Review of a New Version of a Birding Classic

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The new edition adds 11 species, birds such as Zone-tailed Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, and California Condor that are only seen in specific areas of North America. And, what books are you using to help identify our buteos, accipiters, falcons, and eagles? Yes, I saw the bird and it was incredible.) What are you seeing?

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

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Falcons are now known to be related to parrots; vultures to be cousins of storks. For example, in California, populations of birds like Aleutian Cackling Goose have dramatically increased…but where did our Fulvous Whistling-Ducks go? Whereas checklists used to start with loons, they now begin with waterfowl.

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Hey, What About the Great Auk?

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And we did , for the Peregrine Falcon and Osprey , the Brown Pelican and Bald Eagle. And oh crap, you guys, we really have to do something about the California Condor situation right now, but what? We could do it! Then the 80s happened. And no one had seen the Eskimo Curlew around in a while. Will it work?

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Collaborative List – July 2019

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California Condor – Gymnogyps californianus. Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus. Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Prairie Falcon – Falco mexicanus. 01 Jul 2019.

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