10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2017
Falcon Wild is a new book in that long tradition, and this one features a more realistic (though still very slightly romanticized) portrait of a human/animal partnership. An aspect of Falcon Wild that really sets it apart from the books I mentioned in my first paragraph is that Karma is sometimes alone, but never unconnected from society.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2019
No brand recognition at all.” “We’ll take the Peregrine Falcon ,” at least seven voices said at once. “But of course you’ll want to tailor your selection for your particular branding needs. “The Peregrine Falcon isn’t even that rare anymore!” “Exactly!
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10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2018
Horus is named for the falcon-headed god of ancient Egyptian mythology, a sobriquet chosen in honor of Harrop’s father, an avid falconer. Peregrine Falcon , Merlin , and American Kestrel – I look forward to reviewing these if I can get my hands on them. Good birding and happy drinking!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2016
On her return, she was able to bundle up and bring with her, a brand new Nikon lens. One of the huge thrills I got was to watch a Peregrine Falcon sweep thru the tidal area, spooking one of the large flocks of sandpipers, and then flash back thru the flock and grab breakfast. There were plenty of peeps for me to focus on.
10,000 Birds
MAY 5, 2020
When you review the system, it makes perfect sense: falcons are placed with hawks, nightjars are next to owls, and grebes are close to ducks, rather than separated from them by quail and grouse. Then again, try explaining to a new birder why falcons come after woodpeckers and before parrots!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2015
A quick check of the Collins 2 (I think American birders know this book as the “Birds of Europe”, but here, some branding mastermind has interconnected the company’s name and the book title) revealed that we are facing two Siberian Greylag Geese (race rubrirostris ). Scan of the ridge reveals a distant but definitive Peregrine Falcon.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2017
Or a falcon? Not a falcon, but a female Eurasian Sparrowhawk , drying its soaked feathers after the rain that was falling while we were protected by the trees. Eurasian Wryneck by Martien Brand / Wikimedia Commons. I park for a while and scan the surroundings. In front of some hilltop rocks is a broken, dry and pale branch.
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