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

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Endangered and Unknown: Red-billed Curassow

10,000 Birds

There are many charismatic endangered birds that capture people’s hearts and imaginations: the colossal California Condor , the evocative Red-crowned Crane , and the adorable Spoon-billed Sandpiper come to mind. Regardless of their popularity, these species and the threatened ecosystems they inhabit are equally spectacular.

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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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The Last Few Rays Before Extinction

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She’s contemplated California Condors here before, but Passenger Pigeons seem to resonate most with her. So touched by the experience that I cried, I’ve only seen one since, his body preserved in some formal likeness of what he once had been. Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds.

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

10,000 Birds

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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Endangered and Unknown: Pale-headed Brush-Finch

10,000 Birds

There are many charismatic endangered birds that capture people’s hearts and imaginations: the colossal California Condor , the evocative Red-crowned Crane , and the adorable Spoon-billed Sandpiper come to mind. Regardless of their popularity, these species and the threatened ecosystems they inhabit are equally spectacular.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

The essays range widely in place, bird, and voice, though the emphasis is on the North American.