10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Third, Hawks in Flight was primarily illustrated by David Sibley’s excellent black-and-white drawings, supplemented with a collection of black-and-white photographs in the back of the book. ” There are the classic field marks, size of head and shape of tail, but, we are told, never rely on just one or two features!

North America 214

North America Bald Eagle Birds Eagles 214

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. Roth depicts a brown, tail-banded, evil-eyed hawk with an open-eyed parrot held upside-down, wings spread, in its claws). A second aviary is created.

Puerto Rico 226

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 226

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Such activity hardly goes unnoticed by piratical and falcon-like Parasitic Jaegers and the larger, more thickset and not as common Pomarine Jaegers , readily on the lookout for a kleptoparasitic feeding opportunity along the outermost reefs.

Albatross 177

Albatross Penguins Dolphins Whales 177