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Scanning the skies for Zone-tailed hawks

10,000 Birds

Very similar in size and shape to the very common Turkey Vulture , the Zone-tailed Hawk is quite often found circling on the wind currents with those very vultures. This allows the Zone-tailed Hawk to approach much closer, before swooping in quickly. There is a small population in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and northern Argentina.

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Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

10,000 Birds

I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. The TaĆ­nos named the birds Iguacas, after their call. Spanish settlers arrived in 1493 and called the birds Coterras. The birds thrive.