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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

10,000 Birds

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. I knew no falconers. ” Falcons could be taken from the nest just before they were able to fly or caught wild after maturity. The concern possessed him.

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Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

10,000 Birds

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. Eggbert side notes that the most famous bird in New York City is not a falcon, it is a Red-tailed Hawk named Pale Male. The birds thrive.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

In addition to talking to leading researchers and his own background, Weidensaul has drawn from approximately 230 scientific journal articles, conference proceedings, government reports, BNA bird profiles, and popular newspaper and magazine articles for this book. This is big, global-level stuff with amazing findings but worrisome data.

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