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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

10,000 Birds

And, that falcons are about as far away from hawks as a bird family could get. David Sibley notes in the Introduction that the order has been changed in some places so similar species could be placed next to each other for comparison purposes. This means that loons are no longer first!

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. A quick comparison of how raptor species are depicted in Eastern Birds as compared to the photographic images in Raptors shows that each title has unique images. It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk.