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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The proprietor of our ecolodge guides my small group of birders up a steep slope where we see, just at the point where a scope view deteriorates into pixels, a huge bird—a Chaco Eagle, also known as a Crowned Eagle—on a huge nest. And, some background on those laws, both in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Manx Shearwaters

10,000 Birds

Its first flight will take it from its burrow, usually on the west coast of the United Kingdom, to the coast of South America, an extraordinary journey for an unaccompanied minor. A big moon gives enough light for the gulls to hunt by, so the shearwaters seldom come onto land while the full moon is up.