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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

They live in air-conditioned quarters and cared for in the most modern of avian medical facilities, with its own ophthalmology wing and intensive care unit. Waller, who gave one interview to Hammer, adamantly denies any illegal connection to Lendrum, despite allegations made by Mullins. These are interesting, even provocative worlds.

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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition (and which may remind some people of a Nora Ephron essay). Practically every sentence is documented with these studies. Yet, The Wryneck does not read like a literature review.