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Electric falcon

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It is barely visible, but on it there seems to be an endangered Saker Falcon. We were searching for the territories of Saker Falcons. Okay, but falcons do not nest in the grass? Raising the binoculars to teary eyes, I am trying to see the bird in the nest on a nearby pylon. An adult to raise its head. March 2007.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. 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.

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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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The “Rufa” Red Knot is now protected under the Endangered Species Act

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One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States. The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia.

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Cavity Nesting Birds of North America and Their Babies!

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The hole-nesting population of peregrine falcons disappeared with the felling of the giant trees upon which they depended. Another cavity nesting species that breeds in Lassen Volcanic National Park is the Brown Creeper ( Certhia americana ). Therefore you see owlets in different stages of development in the nest box.

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

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Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Peregrine Falcon nests. Some people love books like that. Familiar is not necessarily common.

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Happy Global Big Day from Costa Rica!

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It was organized to boost eBird use, raise funds for bird conservation, and just get more people out birding. How can we say that magic is a farce when the May blossoms are backdropping bright, breeding plumaged Canadas , Magnolias , Chestnut-sideds , chocolate Bay-breasteds , and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks ?