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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. As of 2024, the ‘Alala are extinct in the wild though they live on in captivity.

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Justified and Ancient

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Featured image: a Mississippi Sandhill Crane egg begins to hatch, courtesy of the U.S. Among the most famous of these is the Sandhill Crane – with its oldest confirmed remains dating back 2.5 million years to the Lower Paleolithic. I am not saying that we need to fear the extinction of the Sandhill Crane, not just now.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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There are several species, such as California Condor, for which new material had to be written (California Condor is called “nearly extinct” in the older title and not included). Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. Similar species and conservation appear to be original material.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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such as California Condors and Passenger Pigeons. It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel. Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds.

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The Traveling Birder

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Another is California Condor in the Grand Canyon.). My current criteria for a dedicated birding trip are having a good probability of seeing several new birds or seeing a birding spectacle ( e.g. , Red Knots and other shorebirds feasting on horseshoe crab eggs in Delaware Bay).

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

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The nickel was placed in the nest for the photo to show me the size of the egg for identification purposes, then removed. Even though the female lays only two eggs per nest attempt, they enjoy a protracted breeding season in which multiple nesting attempts can occur every 30 days, and in Southern locations, nearly year round.

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