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The Rusty Squirrel-Hawk AKA Ferruginous Hawk

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Ferruginous Hawks were known as Rusty Squirrel-Hawks back in the 1800′s and they exist in both a light and dark morph. They are often seen on the ground since their prey consists mainly of rabbit, prairie dog and, you guessed it, ground squirrel. Note the long yellow gape, a characteristic field mark of this species.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel. This in-between world of freedom supplemented with food from an undetected source was known as hacking. And grow they did.

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