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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

10,000 Birds

such as California Condors and Passenger Pigeons. ” He reported seeing nest sites that were disappearing in California and eggs left unhatched in the nest or prematurely broken, all signs that later came to be associated with the pesticide DDT. Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds.

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Reflections on Five Years of Blogging

10,000 Birds

For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. And I dipped a toe into academic ornithology, reading a journal article and (virtually) attending a conference.

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Reflections on Five Years of Blogging

10,000 Birds

For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. And I dipped a toe into academic ornithology, reading a journal article and (virtually) attending a conference.