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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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It was a cold afternoon in Maine, and I was looking at the Steller’s Sea-Eagle perched on a tall coniferous tree across Boothbay Harbor, having arrived at the harbor area seven minutes earlier (I know! ” Steller’s Sea-Eagle, Boothbay Harbor, January 24, 2022 Copyright © 2022 Donna L. It has wings. It can fly.”

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Her experiences are framed within the larger scientific histories how once common species become endangered, and of how people and organizations have strategized and explored controversial paths to bring their numbers up and nurture them till they fill our skies. It’s not easy. Osborn is a superlative natural history writer.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. Eagles are national symbols of the U.S., The Birds of Prey chapter, on the other hand, is 18 pages long.

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