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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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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. ” Falcons could be taken from the nest just before they were able to fly or caught wild after maturity. The concern possessed him.

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. She never finds her long days observing her falcons, crows, and condors boring.

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Birding Ruoergai, Sichuan, China – The Raptor Edition

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Rarest among the ones we saw was the endangered Saker Falcon. At sky burial sites, human corpses that are intended for consumption by Himalayan vultures are broken up by burial priests. Himalayan Marmot. Himalayan Pica. As a result of this ongoing tradition, local people continue to value and protect these scavengers.”

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Nature is Tough

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We watched the bird for awhile as it foraged and though the injury was painful to contemplate for we humans the bird seemed to be getting by alright. Several hours after we saw it and reported it to the listserv other birders saw the bird attacked by not one but two Peregrine Falcons. That is how it is and how it should be.

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Quinta do Casal Branco: Lobo e Falcão Reserva (2016)

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Incidentally, Italy, Belgium, and Portugal are among the eighteen countries where falconry is inscribed as a living human heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESC0), attesting to the great heritage of this sport in many parts of the world.

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Post Apocalyptic Steampunk Birding

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The subtle white edging to the gape of this bird indicates it is near breeding time. I had never seen a Peregrine Falcon soaring with Black Vultures before – interestingly enough I would later see the very same occurrence two days later on another part of the island. Peregrine Falcon. Little Blue Heron. Black Vulture.

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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Regardless of whether you think field guide sequences should or should not reflect current evolutionary sequence, it’s comforting and easy to find falcons next to hawks, vireos next to warblers. They also occasionally show breeding colonies or isolated populations, possible occurrences, and directions of range expansion.