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10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
The chapter titles of Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds represent both ends of the spectrum: “A World Full of Poisons,” “Malaria,” “Forest Intruders,” “Lead Shock,” “Shot.” Endangered. Extinction. Conservation. It’s not easy.
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2019
Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds. That summer of 1938, when he was ten years old, Cade read of two brothers, Frank and John Craighead, who wrote of their experiences with falcons in National Geographic. I knew no falconers. such as California Condors and Passenger Pigeons.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 25, 2013
In a move that’s sure to stir controversy far beyond the borders of California, federal officials have announced that h enceforth, fledgling Peregrine Falcons won’t be relocated from nests built on bridges in the state. But it also means that some baby falcons are likely to plunge into a watery grave. What do you think?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
The proprietor of our ecolodge guides my small group of birders up a steep slope where we see, just at the point where a scope view deteriorates into pixels, a huge bird—a Chaco Eagle, also known as a Crowned Eagle—on a huge nest. Local farmers view it as a threat to domesticated wildlife. 2019), and now this book.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. At the same time, a Peregrine Falcon flies across the valley. Further reading: Central and European Wildlife by Gerard Gorman (Bradt Travel Guides). Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2019
It’s never too late or too early to buy a children’s book about birds. It’s been a few years since my last roundup of children’s bird books, and children’s book writers, illustrators and publishers continue to produce picture books that feature avian protagonists. First, the board books.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2012
The Ferruginous Hawk ( Buteo regalis ) is truly a regal bird. I took a ride up to the Fall River Valley back in October and spotted both morphs in the large grasslands where we also usually see Rough-legged Hawks and Prairie Falcons. Fish and Wildlife Service and as a Sensitive Species by the Bureau of Land Management 1.
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