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

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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 never finds her long days observing her falcons, crows, and condors boring.

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Quoth the Ravens: We’re Ready for Our Close-up

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There are hawk cams , falcon cams , puffin cams , tern cams , heron cams , and even Osprey cams. Why else would they build their nest, which already contains two eggs, on the fire escape of the college’s science center? You’ve probably heard of many different kinds of bird cams—web feeds that spy on the inner lives of birds.

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An Osprey Moment of Truth

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Now we gamble again (literally as well as figuratively – there’s a split-pot prize for predicting the dates of arrival, egg-laying, and other major events) on the hope that they will lay viable eggs and successfully rear young. The many eyes on this particular citizen-science prize have also yeilded other results as well.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.

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Try, Try Again

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And for the first time, I saw a Bronzed Cowbird (which lays its eggs in other birds’ nests) checking out one of these nests. Two weeks later, it was a young math and science teacher from Oregon named Brent who asked me to take him with me. I told him that occasionally, with luck, I might hear a Laughing Falcon there.

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Aplomado Falcon – Falco femoralis. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Red-footed Falcon – Falco vespertinus. New Zealand Falcon – Falco novaeseelandiae. Rusty-margined Guan – Penelope superciliaris.

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