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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

10,000 Birds

He had stalked the nest for days, waiting for just the right time when she would be on the verge of fledging, then took her into his care. And they were the ones who, at the end of the conference, decided to get together and talk about the possibility of breeding Peregrines in captivity as a way of at least saving the species from extinction.”

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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees–A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

There are also two pages illustrating the “Holistic Approach,” silhouettes of each species (Western birds on the left, Eastern birds on the right), that allow for comparison of structure, size, and shape. The maps are fairly complex, showing breeding range, winter range, year-round range, migration routes, times, and directions.

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314 U.S. Bird Species Threatened — Many with Extinction — by Global Warming

10,000 Birds

Here’s a diagram, available on the Audubon site , that compares its 2000 range with its anticipated 2080 range: Only 1 percent of the bird’s breeding range remains stable between 2000 and 2080 if global warming continues on its current course. Chestnut-collared Longspur is one of those. What a horror! What a disaster!

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