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

10,000 Birds

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

10,000 Birds

When ground sloths and Titanis disappear, adapt; when humans and their strange accessories appear, adapt. Each is endangered because of human activity in and around the places they’re named for, chiefly habitat destruction. Featured image: a Mississippi Sandhill Crane egg begins to hatch, courtesy of the U.S.

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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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