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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. She crafts her prose with a visual immediacy that bring you directly into her experience.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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such as California Condors and Passenger Pigeons. 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. Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds. And grow they did.

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Hawks In Flight, Second edition: A Review of a New Version of a Birding Classic

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The new edition adds 11 species, birds such as Zone-tailed Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, and California Condor that are only seen in specific areas of North America. Individual species accounts follow, featuring a description of the hawk’s range, a little of its history in North America, sections on Identification and In Flight.

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Reflections on Five Years of Blogging

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Nevertheless, five years seems a good time to reflect on the blogging experience. 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. The answer sometimes result in a post.

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Reflections on Five Years of Blogging

10,000 Birds

Nevertheless, five years seems a good time to reflect on the blogging experience. 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. The answer sometimes result in a post.